HMS Electra (1808)
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Espiègle |
| Ordered | 6 June 1803 |
| Builder | Enterprise Ethéart, Saint-Malo |
| Laid down | July 1803 |
| Launched | 12 July 1804 |
| Captured | 16 August 1808 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Electra |
| Namesake | Electra |
| Acquired | by capture, 16 August 1808 |
| Commissioned | February 1812 |
| Decommissioned | 1815 |
| Fate | Sold, 17 June 1816 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Curieux-class brig |
| Displacement | 290 tons |
| Tons burthen | 314 79⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
|
| Beam | 28 ft 2+1⁄8 in (8.588 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) |
| Complement | 94 (French service) |
| Armament | 14 × 24-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder guns (British service) |
HMS Electra was a 16-gun brig-sloop. She was built by the Enterprise Ethéart, Saint-Malo, as the French Curieux-class brig Espiègle and launched in 1804. She was armed in 1807 at Saint Servan. The British frigate Sybille captured her on 16 August 1808. There was already an Espiegle in the Royal Navy so the Navy took the vessel they had just captured into service as HMS Electra, her predecessor Electra having been wrecked in March. Electra captured one American privateer before she was sold in 1816.