HMS Eclair (1801)
HMS Eclair was a French Navy schooner launched in 1799 and captured in 1801. The British took her into service under her French name and armed her with twelve 12-pounder carronades. In 1804 she engaged in a noteworthy, albeit indecisive single ship action with the 22-gun French privateer Grande Decide. In 1809 she was renamed Pickle. In December 1812 she and three other small British vessels engaged the French 40-gun frigate Gloire in another noteworthy and indecisive action. She was sold in 1818.
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HMS Eclair (1801)
HMS Eclair was a French Navy schooner launched in 1799 and captured in 1801. The British took her into service under her French name and armed her with twelve 12-pounder carronades. In 1804 she engaged in a noteworthy, albeit indecisive single ship action with the 22-gun French privateer Grande Decide. In 1809 she was renamed Pickle. In December 1812 she and three other small British vessels engaged the French 40-gun frigate Gloire in another noteworthy and indecisive action. She was sold in 1818.
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HMS Eclair was a French Navy s ...... action. She was sold in 1818.
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1801-01-17
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1799-09-23
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Captured, 17 January 1801
Sold, 11 June 1818
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*Originally:18 x swivel guns
* ...... ice:12 × 12-pounder carronades
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Louis, Antoine, & Mathurin Crucy, Nantes, to a design by Pierre Ozanne
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HMS Eclair was a French Navy s ...... action. She was sold in 1818.
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HMS Eclair (1801)
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HMS Eclair (1801-1809)
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Éclair
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