HMS Pert (1804)

History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameBonaparte,[1]
Captured1804[1][2]
United Kingdom
NameHMS Pert
Acquiredby capture 1804
FateWrecked 1807
General characteristics [1]
TypeBrig-sloop
Tons burthen206[a] (bm)
Length84 ft 6 in (25.8 m) (overall); c.73 ft 3 in (22.3 m) (keel)
Beam23 ft 0 in (7.0 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 4 in (3.5 m)
Complement
  • Privateer:150
  • Royal Navy: 70
Armament

HMS Pert was the French privateer Bonaparte, a ship built in the United States that HMS Cyane captured in November 1804. The Royal Navy took Bonaparte into service as HMS Pert. Pert was wrecked off the coast of what is now Venezuela in October 1807.

  1. ^ a b c d Winfield (2008), p. 320.
  2. ^ Demerliac (2003), p. 334.
  3. ^ a b Colledge & Warlow (2006), p. 304.


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