HMS Gaiete (1797)

Gaiete (La Gayete), plan drawn in 1797
History
France
Name	Gaieté or Gayette
Builder	Bayonne
Laid down	October 1793
Launched	1796
Fate	Captured by Arethusa, 10 August 1797
Great Britain
Name	HMS Gaiete
Acquired	By capture, 10 August 1797
Commissioned	June 1798
Fate	Sold, 1808
General characteristics [1]
Type	Corvette
Tons burthen	51420⁄94 (bm)
Length	120 ft 3+1⁄2 in (36.7 m) (overall); 100 ft 0+3⁄4 in (30.5 m) (keel)
Beam	30 ft 1 in (9.2 m)
Depth of hold	8 ft 8 in (2.6 m)
Complement	French service: 186 British service:125
Armament	French service: 20 × 8-pounder guns British service: 18 × 32-pounder carronades 2 × 9-pounder chase guns

HMS Gaiete (also Gayette) was a French Bonne Citoyenne-class corvette that the British frigate HMS Arethusa captured off Bermuda in 1797. She then served in the Royal Navy until she was sold in 1808.