HMS Vimiera (1808)

History
France
Name	Pylade
Namesake	Pylades
Builder	Le Havre
Laid down	August 1804
Launched	17 April 1805
Captured	20 October 1808
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Vimiera
Namesake	Battle of Vimeiro
Acquired	1808 by purchase of a prize
Honours &; awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Guadaloupe"
Fate	Sold January 1814
General characteristics
Tons burthen	30440⁄94 (bm)
Length	Overall: 91 ft 0 in (27.7 m), or 83 ft 6 in (25.5 m); Keel: 73 ft 0 in (22.3 m), or 75 ft 0 in (22.9 m);
Beam	28 ft 0 in (8.5 m), or 26 ft 0 in (7.9 m)
Depth of hold	6 ft 10 in (2.1 m), or 13 ft 0 in (4.0 m)
Sail plan	Brig
Complement	At capture: 109; RN:100;
Armament	Originally: 16 × 6-pounder guns; 1806: 12 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 32-pounder carronades; At capture: 14 × 24-pounder carronades + 2 × 9-pounder guns; RN: 14 × 24-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder guns;

HMS Vimiera was launched in 1805 at Havre as the French Navy brig Pylade (or Pilade). The Royal Navy captured her in 1808 and commissioned her. She participated in one campaign that earned her crew a clasp to the Naval General Service Medal. She was laid up in 1810 and sold in 1814.

History

France
Name	Pylade
Namesake	Pylades
Builder	Le Havre
Laid down	August 1804
Launched	17 April 1805
Captured	20 October 1808
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Vimiera
Namesake	Battle of Vimeiro
Acquired	1808 by purchase of a prize
Honours & awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Guadaloupe"
Fate	Sold January 1814
General characteristics
Tons burthen	30440⁄94 (bm)
Length	Overall: 91 ft 0 in (27.7 m), or 83 ft 6 in (25.5 m) Keel: 73 ft 0 in (22.3 m), or 75 ft 0 in (22.9 m)
Beam	28 ft 0 in (8.5 m), or 26 ft 0 in (7.9 m)
Depth of hold	6 ft 10 in (2.1 m), or 13 ft 0 in (4.0 m)
Sail plan	Brig
Complement	At capture: 109 RN:100
Armament	Originally: 16 × 6-pounder guns 1806: 12 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 32-pounder carronades At capture: 14 × 24-pounder carronades + 2 × 9-pounder guns RN: 14 × 24-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder guns