French corvette Poulette (1781)
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  France
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| Name: | Poulette |
| Namesake: | Hen |
| Builder: | Toulon |
| Laid down: | September 1780 |
| Launched: | 22 March 1781 |
| In service: | 30 June 1781 |
| Captured: | January 1793 |
 UK
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| Name: | HMS Poulette |
| Acquired: | January 1793 by capture |
| Honours and awards: |
Naval General Service Medal with clasp "14 March 1795" |
| Fate: | Burned as unserviceable 20 October 1796 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Coquette-class corvette |
| Type: | 28-gun sixth rate (British service) |
| Displacement: | 850 tons |
| Tons burthen: | c.580 (bm) |
| Length: | c.120 ft 0 in (36.58 m) (overall); 106 ft 6 in (32.46 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | c.32 ft 0 in (9.75 m) |
| Depth of hold: | c.16 ft 0 in (4.88 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Sloop |
| Complement: | French service: 200 (war) & 120 (peace) |
| Armament: | French service: 20 x 8-pounder guns (main deck) + 6 x 6-pounder guns (spar deck) |
Poulette was a French Coquette-class corvette built to a design by Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb and launched in March 1781. She served the French navy until 1793 when the British captured her at Toulon in 1793. She served briefly in the Royal Navy, including at the battle of Genoa in 1795, until she was burned in October 1796 to prevent her falling into French hands.
On 18 December 1782, she departed Toulon with the frigates Précieuse and Prosélyte to escort a convoy to the Caribbean, comprising the fluyts Gracieuse, Rhône and Durance.
In 1784, she sailed for a mission to the Middle East under Pierre-Dimas Thierry, Marquis de la Prévalaye, and in 1789 she was sent to Martinique.
In November - December 1790, she was under the command of lieutenant de vaisseau François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, who sailed from Toulon to Algiers with M. Vallière, France's consul general in Algeria. She also carried dispatches for the naval station and French consuls in the Levant.
Between January and July 1793, she was under the command of lieutenant de vaisseau Farquharson-Stuart. She sailed from Villefranche to Calvi via Toulon. She then escorted a convoy of troop transports from Calvi to the Gulf of Palmas via Ajaccio before returning to Villefranche. She next cruised the Ligurian coast while escorting convoys between Genoa and Marseilles. The British captured her at Toulon in 1793.
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