HMS Favourite (1794)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Favourite and HMS Goree.
HMS Favourite (or Favorite) was a 16-gun Cormorant-class sloop of the Royal Navy, launched in 1794 at Rotherhithe. The French captured her in 1806 and renamed her Favorite. However, the British recaptured her in 1807 and renamed her HMS Goree. She became a prison ship in 1810 and was broken up in Bermuda in 1817.
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Favourite |
Ordered | 18 February 1793 |
Builder | Randall & Brent, Rotherhithe |
Laid down | April 1793 |
Launched | 1 February 1794 |
Completed | By 14 May 1794 |
Captured | By the French on 6 January 1806 |
France | |
Name | Favorite |
Acquired | 6 January 1806 by capture |
Captured | 27 January 1807, by the Royal Navy |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Goree |
Acquired | 27 January 1807 |
Reclassified | Prison ship in 1813/14 |
Honours and awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Martinque"[1] |
Fate | Broken up in 1817 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | 16-gun Cormorant-class sloop |
Tons burthen | 42688⁄94 bm |
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Beam | 29 ft 9 in (9.1 m) |
Depth of hold | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Sloop |
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