HMS Alert (1793)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Alert and French ship Alerte.
HMS Alert was launched in 1793 for the Royal Navy. In May 1794 the French Navy captured her and took her into service as Alerte. A few months later the Royal Navy destroyed her.
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Alert |
Ordered | 18 February 1793 |
Builder | John Randall & Co., Rotherhithe |
Laid down | April 1793 |
Launched | 8 October 1793 |
Commissioned | October 1793 |
Captured | 14 May 1794 |
France | |
Name | Alerte |
Acquired | By capture May 1794 |
Fate | Destroyed 23 August 1794 |
General characteristics [1][2] | |
Class and type | Pylades-class ship-sloop |
Displacement | 280 tons (French) |
Tons burthen | 36516⁄94[1] (bm) |
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Beam | 28 ft 1+1⁄2 in (8.6 m) |
Depth of hold | 13 ft 6 in (4.1 m) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Complement | |
Armament |
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Armour | Timber |
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