HMS Cerf (1803)

*Cerf*
History
Spain
Name	Ciervo
Builder	Havana
Launched	1794-5
Captured	Unknown date
United Kingdom
Name	Stag
Acquired	By capture
Fate	Sold 15 December 1801
France
Name	Cerf
Acquired	December 1801 by purchase
Captured	30 November 1803
United Kingdom
Name	Cerf
Acquired	30 November 1803 by capture
Fate	Sold August 1806
General characteristics
Displacement	170 tons (French)
Tons burthen	17179⁄94 (bm)
Length	74 ft 0 in (22.6 m) (overall); 66 ft 9 in (20.3 m) (keel);
Beam	22 ft 0 in (6.7 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft 0 in (2.7 m)
Complement	French service:; British service:;
Armament	French service:; Originally: 8 × 9-pounder guns + 6 × 18-pounder carronades; At capture:12 guns; British service: 14 guns;

HMS Cerf was the Spanish Navy's 18-gun brig Cuervo, built at Havana in 1794-95. A British privateer captured her and her captors renamed her Stag before in December 1801 selling her to the Captain-General of Guadeloupe. The French Navy took her into service as the 14-gun brig Cerf. The Royal Navy acquired Cerf at the surrender of Santo Domingo on 30 November 1803. The Royal Navy sold her in 1806.

History

Spain
Name	Ciervo
Builder	Havana
Launched	1794-5
Captured	Unknown date
United Kingdom
Name	Stag
Acquired	By capture
Fate	Sold 15 December 1801
France
Name	Cerf
Acquired	December 1801 by purchase
Captured	30 November 1803
United Kingdom
Name	Cerf
Acquired	30 November 1803 by capture
Fate	Sold August 1806
General characteristics
Displacement	170 tons (French)
Tons burthen	17179⁄94 (bm)
Length	74 ft 0 in (22.6 m) (overall) 66 ft 9 in (20.3 m) (keel)
Beam	22 ft 0 in (6.7 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft 0 in (2.7 m)
Complement	French service: British service:
Armament	French service: Originally: 8 × 9-pounder guns + 6 × 18-pounder carronades At capture:12 guns British service: 14 guns