French ship Écluse (1764)

History
France
NameÉcluse
BuilderJean-Joseph Ginoux, Le Havre
Laid downApril 1764
LaunchedAugust 1764
FateCondemned 1788
General characteristics
Displacement
  • Unladen:400-450 (French tons)
  • Laden: 700
Length
  • Overall: 112 ft (34.1 m), or 118 ft (36.0 m), or 38.3 m (126 ft)
  • Keel: 100 ft (30.5 m)
Beam25 ft (7.6 m), or 8.1 m (27 ft)
Depth of hold13 ft 3 in (4.0 m), or 4.3 m (14 ft)
Complement31–86
Armament
  • Design: 24 × 6-pounder + 8 × 32-pounder guns
  • Actual: 8–20 6-pounder guns

Écluse was a gabarre launched at le Havre in 1764 for the French Navy. The navy lent her out to private parties who made one voyage as a slave ship (1770–1771), in the triangular trade in enslaved persons. She then returned to naval service. In May 1779 she participated in the unsuccessful invasion of Jersey; a British naval squadron succeeded in capturing or destroying much of the French squadron, and burnt Écluse. She was recovered and returned to service. In 1782, after the end of the war, the navy lent her out to serve as a merchantman. She was decommissioned in 1788.

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