HMS Duguay-Trouin (1780)
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Duguay Trouin |
| Namesake | René Duguay-Trouin |
| Builder | Havre |
| Launched | 1779 |
| Captured | 29 January 1780 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Duguay-Trouin |
| Acquired | 29 January 1780 by capture |
| Fate | Sold 30 October 1783 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | Christopher |
| Owner | J. Bolton |
| Acquired | By purchase c. end-1783 |
| Fate | Lost 7 September 1804 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 242, or 25166⁄94, or 256 (bm) |
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| Beam | 26 ft 3 in (8.0 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 9 in (3.9 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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HMS Duguay-Trouin was an 18-gun French privateer sloop launched in 1779 at Le Havre. Surprise captured her in 1780 and the British Royal Navy took her into service under her existing name. It sold Duguay-Trouin on 30 October 1783. She then became the West Indiaman Christopher. She captured several French merchant vessels. Later she became a Liverpool-based slave ship, making five voyages in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She was lost at Charleston in September 1804 in a hurricane.