French brig Duc de Chartres (1780 Le Havre)
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Duc de Chartres |
| Builder | Le Havre |
| Launched | 1780 |
| Captured | Spring 1781 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Duc de Chartres |
| Commissioned | 7 October 1781 |
| Out of service | Paid off in May 1784 |
| Fate | Sold July 1784 |
| General characteristics | |
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| Length |
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| Beam | 30 ft 5+1⁄4 in (9.3 m) |
| Depth of hold | 11 ft 11+1⁄2 in (3.6 m) (overall) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Sail plan | brig |
| Complement | HMS:125 |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Timber |
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The French brig Duc de Chartres was built between 1779 and 1780 at Le Havre as a 24-gun privateer. As a privateer she captured one British warship before in 1781 the Royal Navy captured her. The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Duc de Chartres. She then captured several American privateers and armed merchant vessels, and one French naval corvette in a noteworthy single-ship action. The Navy sold Duc de Chartres in 1784.