HMS Babet
Babet at the action of 23 April 1794 | |
| History | |
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| France | |
| Name | Babet |
| Builder | Pierre Mauger |
| Laid down | September 1792 |
| Launched | 12 February 1793 |
| Commissioned | May 1793 |
| Captured | By April 1794 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Babet |
| Acquired | April 1794 by capture |
| Commissioned | December 1794 |
| Honours and awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "23rd June 1795" |
| Fate | Lost at sea in October/November 1800 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | 20-gun sixth-rate post ship |
| Type | Prompte-clas corvette |
| Displacement | 603 tons (French) |
| Tons burthen | 511 1⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 31 ft 1 in (9.5 m) |
| Depth of hold | 9 ft 4+1⁄2 in (2.9 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| General characteristics (French service) | |
| Complement | some 178 men (c. 200 at capture) |
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| General characteristics (British service | |
| Complement | 165 men (later 170) |
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HMS Babet was a 20-gun sixth-rate post ship of the Royal Navy. She was launched as Babet, a corvette of the French Navy, and was captured by the British navy at the action of 23 April 1794 during the War of the First Coalition. As HMS Babet, she captured several French privateers and other vessels, and fought at the Battle of Groix. She disappeared with all hands in the Caribbean in 1800, presumably having foundered during bad weather.