HMS Pilote
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Pilot.
HMS Pilote was a cutter launched for the French Navy at Dunkirk in 1778. The British Royal Navy captured her in 1779 and took her into service under her existing name. It sold her in 1799.
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History | |
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France | |
Name | Pilote |
Builder | Jacques and Danie Denys, Dunkirk |
Laid down | July 1778 |
Launched | November 1778 |
Captured | 2 October 1779 |
Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Pilote |
Acquired | 2 October 1779 by capture |
Fate | Sold 1784 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Mutin-class |
Type | Cutter |
Tons burthen | 21837⁄94 (bm) |
Length | 78 ft 6+3⁄4 in (23.9 m) (overall); 60 ft 5+3⁄8 in (18.4 m) (keel) |
Beam | 26 ft 0+3⁄4 in (7.9 m) |
Depth of hold | 10 ft 2+1⁄2 in (3.1 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Cutter until 1794 when Brig |
Complement | 70 |
Armament |
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Notes | Clinker-built[2] |
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