HMS Wasp (1800)
Wasp | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Guêpe |
| Builder | Bordeaux |
| Launched | 1798 |
| Captured | 29 August 1800, by the Royal Navy |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Wasp |
| Acquired | 29 August 1800 |
| Fate | Sold on 17 April 1811 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | 18-gun sloop |
| Tons burthen | 2982⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 25 ft 11 in (7.9 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 2 in (3.7 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 105 |
| Armament | 16 × 24-pounder carronades + 2 × 9-pounder chase guns |
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HMS Wasp was an 18-gun sloop of the British Royal Navy. She was formerly the French naval brig Guêpe, (guêpe is the French for wasp) which the Navy captured in 1800. She served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and was sold out of naval service in 1811.