HMS Mutine (1797)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Mutine and HMS Mutine.

History
France
NameMutine
Namesake"Mischievous"
Ordered15 April 1793
BuilderPierre, Jacques, & Nicolas Fortier, Honfleur
Laid downJanuary 1793[1]
Launched5 January 1794[1]
In serviceFebruary 1794[1]
Captured29 May 1797
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Mutine
AcquiredCaptured in a cutting out action on 29 May 1797
Honours and
awards		Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Nile"[2]
FateSold in 1803
General characteristics [4][3]
Class and type12-gun brig-sloop
Tons burthen349 54⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 104 ft 6 in (31.9 m) (overall)
  • 84 ft 10 in (25.9 m) (keel)
Beam28 ft (8.5 m)
Depth of hold13 ft (4.0 m)
PropulsionSails
Complement
  • French service: 116–140[3]
  • English service: 121 men[4]
Armament
  • French service: 12 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 36-pounder obusiers
  • British service: 18 × 6-pounder guns[4]

Mutine was an 18-gun Belliqueuse-class gun-brig of the French Navy,[1] built to a design by Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait, and launched in 1794 at Honfleur. She took part in the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, where the British captured her. She was recommissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Mutine, and eventually sold in 1803.

  1. ^ a b c d Roche, vol.1, p.320
  2. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 239.
  3. ^ a b c Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 206.
  4. ^ a b c Winfield (2008), p. 284.