HMS Marquis de Seignelay (1780)

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History
French Royal Navy EnsignFrance
NameMarquis de Seignelay
NamesakeJean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay
Launched1779
CapturedOn 8 January 1780, by the Royal Navy
Great Britain
NameHMS Marquis de Seignelay
Acquired10 December 1780 by capture
FateSold 1786
General characteristics [1][2]
Class and type16-gun ship-sloop
Tons burthen
  • Privateer:280 (French; "of load")
  • HMS:2817494 (bm)
Length
  • 97 ft 2 in (29.6 m) (overall)
  • 76 ft 10+34 in (23.4 m) (keel)
Beam26 ft 3 in (8.0 m)
Depth of hold14 ft 1 in (4.3 m)
PropulsionSails
Complement
  • Privateer:150–160
  • HMS:110
Armament
  • Privateer:20 × 8-pounder guns + 8 swivel guns
  • HMS:14 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Marquis de Seignelay, was the French privateer Marquis de Seignelay from Le Havre, active in 1779–1800. The British Royal Navy captured her in 1780 and recommissioned her as the 14-gun sloop HMS Marquis de Seignelay. She was sold in March 1786.

  1. ^ Demerliac (2004), p. 181, n°1770.
  2. ^ Lyon (1993), p. 221.