| History | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Ensign_of_France.svg){kind=small} France | |
| Name | Trimeuse |
| Builder | American |
| Commissioned | Purchased April 1805 at Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe |
| Captured | 14 March 1806 |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg){kind=small} United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Skipjack |
| Acquired | 14 March 1806 |
| Fate | Breakwater at Demerara on 7 January 1809 |
| General characteristics [1][2] | |
| Displacement | 110 tons (French) |
| Tons burthen | 6 (French; "of load") |
| Length | 20.46 m (67.1 ft) |
| Beam | 5.42 m (17.8 ft) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Schooner |
| Complement | 35, but 53 (at capture) |
| Armament |
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HMS Skipjack was the French naval schooner Trimeuse, commissioned at Guadeloupe in 1805. The Royal Navy captured her in 1806 and took her into service. She was paid off in 1808 and was used as a breakwater in 1809.
- ^ Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 259.
- ^ Winfield (2008), p. 365.