Five ships of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS Eclair:
The first Eclair was a French "barque latine", launched on 5 July 1771, re-classed as a corvette in 1783.[1] Between 22 June and 24 September 1792 she sailed to Malta, Tunis, and the
Îles d'Hyères while under the command of lieutenant de vaisseau Basterot de La Barrière.[2] She was under the command of lieutenant de vaisseau Roubaud when
HMS Leda and
HMS Illustrious captured her on 16 June 1793, south of Marseilles.[3] The Royal Navy took her into service as a 22-gun
post-ship. She became a powder hulk in April 1797 and was sold in 1806.
The second
Eclair was a 3-gun
gunvessel captured from the French in 1795. She was converted to a schooner before sailing to the West Indies in 1796. She was renamed Safety in 1802 and hulked. Safety was listed as a guardship in the West Indies in 1808 and as prison ship in 1810. She then reappeared as a receiving hulk at Tortola in 1841. She was finally broken up in 1879.
The fifth Eclair, was originally the 6-gun sloop
HMS Infernal. Infernal was renamed Eclair in 1844 but then renamed Rosamund in 1846; Rosamund became a floating factory in 1863 and was finally broken up in 1865.
Demerliac, Alain (1996) La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA).
ISBN2-906381-23-3
Fonds Marine. Campagnes (opérations ; divisions et stations navales ; missions diverses). Inventaire de la sous-série Marine BB4. Tome premier : BB4 1 à 209 (1790–1804)
[1]
Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth.
ISBN978-1-86176-246-7.
List of ships with the same or similar names
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
Five ships of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS Eclair:
The first Eclair was a French "barque latine", launched on 5 July 1771, re-classed as a corvette in 1783.[1] Between 22 June and 24 September 1792 she sailed to Malta, Tunis, and the
Îles d'Hyères while under the command of lieutenant de vaisseau Basterot de La Barrière.[2] She was under the command of lieutenant de vaisseau Roubaud when
HMS Leda and
HMS Illustrious captured her on 16 June 1793, south of Marseilles.[3] The Royal Navy took her into service as a 22-gun
post-ship. She became a powder hulk in April 1797 and was sold in 1806.
The second
Eclair was a 3-gun
gunvessel captured from the French in 1795. She was converted to a schooner before sailing to the West Indies in 1796. She was renamed Safety in 1802 and hulked. Safety was listed as a guardship in the West Indies in 1808 and as prison ship in 1810. She then reappeared as a receiving hulk at Tortola in 1841. She was finally broken up in 1879.
The fifth Eclair, was originally the 6-gun sloop
HMS Infernal. Infernal was renamed Eclair in 1844 but then renamed Rosamund in 1846; Rosamund became a floating factory in 1863 and was finally broken up in 1865.
Demerliac, Alain (1996) La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA).
ISBN2-906381-23-3
Fonds Marine. Campagnes (opérations ; divisions et stations navales ; missions diverses). Inventaire de la sous-série Marine BB4. Tome premier : BB4 1 à 209 (1790–1804)
[1]
Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth.
ISBN978-1-86176-246-7.
List of ships with the same or similar names
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.