French brig Vaillante (1793)
Plans of Vésuve, lead ship of the class | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Vaillante |
| Laid down | 1793 |
| Launched | 1793, Saint-Malo |
| Fate | Destroyed 26 November 1796 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Vésuve-class gunbrig |
| Tons burthen | 158 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 6.50 m (21.3 ft) |
| Depth of hold | 2.49 m (8 ft 2 in) |
| Complement | 53 |
| Armament | 4 × 24-pounder guns +2 swivel guns |
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Vaillante was a brick cannonier (gunbrig) launched in 1793, probably at Saint-Malo. She spent the first year or so her career escorting convoys off the coast of Brittany. In May 1795 she was renamed Violente, but she reverted to the name Vaillante in 1796. The British Royal Navy destroyed her in the Caribbean late in 1796.