HMS Arab (1798)
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 France
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| Name: | Brave |
| Owner: | Benoit Boucard (part-owner) |
| Builder: | Nantes, France |
| Launched: | c.June 1797 |
| Captured: | 24 April 1798 |
 Great Britain
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| Name: | HMS Arab |
| Acquired: | 1798 by purchase |
| Commissioned: | 1798 |
| Fate: | Sold on 20 September 1810 |
 United Kingdom
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| Name: | Arab |
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| Acquired: | 1810 by purchase |
| Fate: | Sank June 1824 |
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| Class and type: | 22-gun sixth rate post ship |
| Tons burthen: | 505 48⁄94 (bm) |
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| Beam: | 32 ft 8 1⁄2 in (9.970 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 14 ft 3 in (4.34 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
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HMS Arab was a 22-gun post ship of the Royal Navy. She was formerly the 18-gun French privateer Brave, which the British captured in 1798. She served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars until she was sold in 1810.
During her 12-year career with the Royal Navy she served on three separate stations, and was involved in two international incidents. The first incident occurred under Captain John Perkins and involved the Danes. The second incident occurred under Captain Lord Cochrane and involved the Americans. She participated in the capture of Sint Eustatius and Saba. Under Captains Perkins and Maxwell she also took a considerable number of prizes.
After the Royal Navy sold her in 1810 she served as a whaling ship in the South Seas whale fisheries. She made six complete whaling voyages until she was lost in 1824 during her seventh; all her crew were saved.
Brave was built in Nantes circa June 1797. She was commissioned under Joseph Robin, and had a crew of 160 men.
On 24 April 1798 the 36-gun Phoenix, under the command of Captain Lawrence William Halsted, captured Brave off Cape Clear. She was pierced for 22 guns and was carrying eighteen, mixed 12 and 18-pounders. Unusually for a privateer, Brave resisted capture, suffering several men killed and 14 wounded before she surrendered. Phoenix had no casualties and suffered trifling damage to her sails and rigging. Brave had a crew of 160 men and also some 50 English prisoners on board, none of whom were injured. Halsted described Brave as being "a very fine ship, of 600 Tons, is coppered, and sails exceedingly fast." That she had 50 prisoners on board and only 160 crew indicates that she had taken several British vessels and then put prize crews on board.
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