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captured three of the six vessels in the class. Three members of the class (including two in Royal Navy service), were lost to wrecking or grounding. Only one of the corvettes served for over 20 years.
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within a year and a half of her launch at which time she was not carrying any mortar, it is possible that the design was modified quite early to delete the mortar.
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in June 1803 in the West Indies. Though the Royal Navy never commissioned her, she did serve briefly before she grounded in
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on 13 November 1796. Commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS
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449:Fate: Captured in August 1805 by HMS
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221:Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait
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301:Builder: Jean Fouache, Le Havre
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219:with a flat hull, designed by
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105:General characteristics
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123:400 to 450 ton (French)
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283:and later renamed HMS
409:Completed: April 1797
403:Begun: 6 October 1794
605:Etna-class corvettes
443:Launched: April 1795
316:Notes: Renamed from
310:Completed: July 1795
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189:+ 1 Ă— 12-inch mortar
446:Completed: May 1795
322:Engant de la Patrie
269:Completed: May 1795
187:18-pounder long gun
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272:Fate: Captured by
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318:Courageuse
233:Royal Navy
172:Complement
164:Propulsion
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540:165892922
482:Citations
419:captured
363:Étonnante
285:Cormorant
274:HMS
217:corvettes
81:Completed
76:1795–1816
38:Operators
421:Mignonne
389:Mignonne
354:Serpente
276:Melampus
259:Honfleur
180:Armament
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571:ISBN
553:ISBN
536:OCLC
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414:HMS
250:Etna
241:Etna
231:The
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208:The
167:Sail
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