Tarleton (1780 Glasgow ship)

History
Great Britain
NameTarleton
OwnerCrosbie
Launched1780 at Glasgow
FateCaptured 19 October 1782
French Navy Ensign French Navy EnsignFrance
NameTarleton
Acquired1782 by capture
FateCaptured by the British at Toulon, 29 December 1793
Great Britain
NameHMS Tarleton
Acquiredby capture, December 1793
FateSold 1796
General characteristics [1]
TypeBrig-sloop
Tons burthen130, or 140 (bm)
Complement40-50
Armament
  • Privateer:14 × 3-pounder guns + 6 swivel guns
  • French service:14 × 4-pounder guns
  • HMS:14 × 6-pounder guns

Tarleton was a 14-gun brig launched in 1780 at Glasgow. She was a letter of marque that made one capture. The French captured Tarleton in October 1782 in the Caribbean. They took her back to France in 1783 and she was subsequently stationed at Brest, where she served in the Mediterranean. The British recaptured her at Toulon in 1793 and she then served in the Mediterranean until no later than 1798 when she disappears from the lists.