French ship Brutus (1780)
Capture of Brutus by HMS Mermaid | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Brutus |
| Namesake | Brutus |
| Builder | Bordeaux |
| Launched | 1780 |
| Acquired | 1793 |
| Renamed | Célère (May 1795) |
| Fate | Captured October 1795 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 300 tons |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Complement |
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| Armament |
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| Armour | Timber |
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Brutus was a merchant ship built in 1780 at Bordeaux. She was commissioned as a privateer in 1793 at Bordeaux. However, the French Navy purchased her in September 1793 at Brest and classed her as a corvette. The French Navy later converted her to a brig. HMS Mermaid captured her on 10 October 1795.