French brick-aviso Goéland (1787)
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Goéland |
| Namesake | Goéland, the Breton word for seagull |
| Builder | Bayonne |
| Launched | 4 May 1787 |
| Fate | Captured 1793 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Goelan |
| Acquired | 1793 by capture |
| Fate | Sold 1794 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | Brothers |
| Owner | Various |
| Acquired | 1794 by purchase |
| Fate | Listed until at least 1815, but not after 1816 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Goéland-class brick-aviso |
| Tons burthen | 248 (bm) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | brig |
| Complement | c.65 (French service) |
| Armament |
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Goéland was the name ship of a two-vessel class of "brick-avisos" (advice brigs), built to a design by Raymond-Antoine Haran and launched in 1787. She served the French Navy for several years carrying dispatches until in 1793 HMS Penelope and HMS Proserpine captured her off Jérémie. The Royal Navy took her into service briefly as Goelan and sold her in 1794. As the merchant brig Brothers she appears to have sailed as a whaling ship in the British southern whale fishery until 1808 or so, and then traded between London and the Brazils. She is no longer listed after 1815.