&sq=&lang=&file=File:Epervier_(captured_1803)_RMG_J4598.png) Epervier
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| History | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Ensign_of_France.svg){kind=small} France | |
| Name | Epervier |
| Builder | Louis, Antoine, and Mathurin Crucy, Basse-Indre[1] |
| Laid down | October 1801 |
| Launched | 30 June 1802 |
| Completed | 1802 |
| Commissioned | 20 July 1802 |
| Captured | 27 July 1803, by the Royal Navy |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg){kind=small} United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Epervier |
| Commissioned | May 1804 |
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| Fate | Scrapped June 1811 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Alcyon class |
| Type | Brig-sloop |
| Displacement | 320 tons[1] (French) |
| Tons burthen | 31515⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 28 ft 6 in (8.7 m) |
| Depth of hold | 8 ft 9+1⁄2 in (2.7 m) |
| Sail plan | Brig |
| Complement | 121 men (British service) |
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HMS Epervier was a French 16-gun Alcyon-class brig. HMS Egyptienne captured her in the Atlantic Ocean on 27 July 1803; she was taken into Royal Navy service under her existing name. Before being broken up in 1811 she captured several prizes and was present at the Battle of San Domingo. Her crew received a clasp to the Naval General Service Medal for their participation in that battle and another for an action in December 1808. She was laid up in late 1810 and was sold in 1811.
- ^ a b c Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 210.
- ^ Winfield (2008), p. 316.
- ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 241.
- ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 242.