Eugénie (1793 ship)

History
France
Name:	Eugénie
Builder:	Nantes
Launched:	1793
Acquired:	March 1794 (requisitioned)
Decommissioned:	February 1796
Captured:	16 March 1798
UK
Name:	HMS Pandour or Pandora
Acquired:	March 1798 by capture
Renamed:	HMS Wolf in 1800
Fate:	Broken up 1802
General characteristics
Type:	Brig
Displacement:	300 tons
Tons burthen:	243 27⁄94 (bm)
Length:	85 ft 10 in (26.2 m) (overall); 67 ft 9 1⁄4 in (20.7 m) (keel)
Beam:	25 ft 11 3⁄4 in (7.9 m)
Depth of hold:	11 ft 11 in (3.6 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Brig
Complement:	French privateer: 100-110 French Navy:95-105 Royal Navy: 86
Armament:	Originally:16 x 6-pounder guns + 12 swivel guns 1795: 2 x 6-pounder guns + 14 x 4-pounder guns Privateer: 16 x 6-pounders Royal Navy: 16 x 6-pounder guns

Eugénie was a French 16-gun privateer ship-sloop launched in 1793. The French Navy requisitioned her in March 1794 for coastal escort and patrol purposes. After the navy returned her to civilian ownership at Nantes in February 1796 she returned to privateering.

On 16 March 1798 HMS Magnanime was escorting a small convoy when she spied a privateer lurking about, seeking an opportunity to pick off a prize. Captain Michael de Courcy set Magnanime in chase. Twenty-three hours and 256 miles later, he captured Eugénie at Latitude 42 and Longitude 12. She had been armed with 18 guns, eight of which she had thrown overboard during the chase, and had a crew of 107 men. She was coppered and appeared completely new.

She arrived at Plymouth on 4 May. The Royal Navy took her into service under the name HMS Pandour, but never commissioned her. In 1800 her name became HMS Wolf. Wolf never saw active duty either.

The Admiralty offered her for sale at Plymouth on 31 August 1801. She was broken up in 1802.

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