French corvette Perdrix (1784)
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Perdrix |
| Namesake | Partridge |
| Builder | Hubert Pennevert, Rochefort, to plans by Charles-Étienne Bombelle |
| Laid down | 1783 |
| Launched | 18 June 1784 |
| Captured | June 1796 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Perdrix |
| Acquired | June 1795 by capture |
| Fate | Broken up September 1799 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Fauvette-class corvette |
| Displacement | 752 tons (French) |
| Tons burthen | 51631⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 118 ft 5+1⁄2 in (36.1 m) (overall); 98 ft 7+3⁄8 in (30.1 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 31 ft 4+1⁄2 in (9.6 m) |
| Draught | 12 ft 0 in (3.7 m) (unladen);12 ft 6 in (3.8 m) (laden) |
| Depth of hold | 9 ft 0 in (2.7 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
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Perdrix was a corvette of the French Royal Navy, launched in 1784. The British captured her off Antigua in 1795 and she served briefly in the Royal Navy in the West Indies, where she captured a French privateer, before being broken up in 1798.