French brig Sylphe (1804)
1/36th scale model of Cygne, sister-ship of Sylphe, on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
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 France
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| Name: | Sylphe |
| Namesake: | Sylph |
| Ordered: | 7 March 1803 |
| Builder: | Pierre-Joseph Pénétraut, Dunkirk |
| Laid down: | 10 June 1803 |
| Launched: | 9 July 1804 |
| Captured: | 18 August 1808 |
 UK
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| Name: | Seagull |
| Acquired: | August 1808 by capture |
| Fate: | Sold July 1814 |
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| Class and type: | Abeille-class Brig |
| Displacement: | 374 |
| Tons burthen: | 342 68⁄94 (bm) |
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| Beam: | 28 ft 4 5⁄8 in (8.7 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 12 ft 10 in (3.9 m) |
| Complement: | 98 (French service) |
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| Armour: | Timber |
Sylphe was an Abeille-class 16-gun brig-corvette of the French Navy. The class was built to a design by François Pestel. The British captured her in 1807 and took her into the Royal Navy as HMS Seagull, but apparently never actually used her in any capacity. She was sold in 1814.
From December 1804 to May 1805, under Lieutenant de vaisseau Jean-Jacques-Jude Langlois, she patrolled between Dunkirk and Hellevoetsluis, and then cruised the coasts of England, Scotland and Ireland. Then she sailed from Pasajes to Rochefort. She then took part in Allemand's expedition of 1805, capturing the merchantman Brothers.
Sylphe captured on 13 May 1805 at 49°49′N 15°25′W / 49.817°N 15.417°W a number of vessels in a convey that had left Cork on the 9th for Newfoundland. The British managed to recapture several. Sylphe also captured: Margaret, Chappell, master; Hunter, of Arboath, Stevens, master; and Bowman, of Workington, Priestman, master.
Sylphe also took part in the Action of 25 September 1806.
Between 15 April 1806 and 13 January 1807, Sylphe was in the roads of the Île-d'Aix, still under the command of Langlois for part of the time. On 17 January 1807 Sylphe was in the roads of Lorient under the command of lieutenant de vaisseau Le Maresquier.
On 12 December 1806, the French frigate Thétis and Sylphe captured HMS Netley. The French sold Netley and she became the privateer Duquesne. Less than nine months later, on 23 September 1807, HMS Blonde captured Dusquesne.
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