Prévoyante (1793)
Capture of La Prevoyante and La Raison by Thetis and Hussar, by Thomas Whitcombe | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Prévoyante |
| Laid down | 1791 |
| Launched | May 1793 |
| Captured | May 1795 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Prevoyante |
| Acquired | May 1795 by capture |
| Fate | Sold for breaking up in July 1819 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 80415⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 143 ft 0 in (43.6 m) (overall);121 ft 110+1⁄2 in (39.7 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 35 ft 2+1⁄2 in (10.7 m) |
| Depth of hold | 13 ft 40 in (5.0 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
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Prévoyante was the second of two flûtes (supply or store ships) built to a design by Raymond-Antoine Haran. She was launched in May 1793 at Bayonne. The British frigates HMS Thetis and HMS Hussar captured Prévoyante in 1795 and the British took her into the Royal Navy after first converting her to a fifth rate. She served as a frigate until 1800, when she underwent reconversion back to a store ship. As a store ship she sailed to the Mediterranean, Cape of Good Hope, and Quebec. She was sold for breaking up in July 1819.