HMS Serin (1794)

History
France
Name	Serin
Builder	Bayonne
Laid down	1788
Launched	1788
Captured	July 1794
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Hasard-class brig-aviso
Length	Overall: 27.29 m (89.5 ft) Keel: 24.93 m (81.8 ft)
Beam	7.80 m (25.6 ft)
Depth of hold	3.74 m (12.3 ft)
Propulsion	Sails
Complement	110
Armament	10 × 6- and 4-pounder guns
Great Britain
Name	HMS Serin
Acquired	1794 by purchase of a prize
Fate	Foundered 1796
General characteristics [2]
Tons burthen	267, or 320[3]
Length	Overall: 92 ft 5 in (28.2 m) Keel: c. 74 ft 3 in (22.6 m)
Beam	26 ft 0 in (7.9 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft 0 in (3.4 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Complement	90
Armament	14 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Serin (also HMS Sirene) was the French Serin, a brig-aviso, launched in 1788 at Bayonne. The Royal Navy captured her in 1794. She left Jamaica in late July 1796 and was lost without a trace, probably in August 1796.