HMS Bravo (1794)

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Bravo
Ordered	14 November 1793
Builder	M/shipwright John Tovery, Woolwich
Laid down	3 February 1794
Launched	31 May 1794
Fate	Sold in 1803
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Firm-class floating battery
Tons burthen	397 6⁄94 (bm)
Length	96 ft 0 in (29.3 m) (overall) 77 ft 8+1⁄8 in (23.7 m) (keel)
Beam	31 ft 4 in (9.6 m)
Draught	2 ft 8 in (0.8 m) / 2 ft 11 in (0.9 m)
Depth of hold	7 ft 4 in (2.2 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Topsail schooner
Complement	100
Armament	16 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Bravo was a 16-gun Firm-class floating battery of the Royal Navy, launched in 1794. The two-vessel class was intended to operate in shallow waters. Bravo spent her brief, uneventful service life as the flagship for Commodore Philippe d'Auvergne's flotilla at Jersey. After the Peace of Amiens Bravo was paid off in March 1802; she was sold in 1803.