French corvette Fraternité (1793)

Fraternité

History
France
Name	Fraternité
Builder	Brest Dockyard[1]
Laid down	May 1793
Launched	18 November 1793[1]
Renamed	Festin (May 1795)
Fate	Struck 1813 following grounding
General characteristics [1][2]
Displacement	270/461 tons (French) unladen/laden
Length	31.75 m (104.2 ft) (overall)
Beam	8.31 m (27.3 ft)
Depth of hold	4.17 m (13.7 ft)
Complement	French service:187
Armament	Originally:12 × 18-pounder guns 1806:8 × 6-pounder guns 1808:14 × 12-pounder guns

French corvette Fraternité was a Naïade-class brig-corvette launched in 1793. She had a brief sailing career. In May 1795, she was renamed Festin. She then served in a number of non-operational roles until she was struck in 1813.

Sea service

Lloyd's List reported on 29 July 1794 that Fraternité had captured Boyne, Mill, master, off Cape Clear as Boyne was sailing from Liverpool for Africa to gather slaves. Fraternité was armed with twelve 18-pounder guns and six swivel guns; she had a crew of 146 men.[3]

Later service

In May 1795 Fraternité was renamed Festin. In July 1804 she was a barracks hulk at Brest. She was recommissioned in June 1806 at Brest as a training and station ship and re-rated a brig-corvette. In 1808 she was described as a brig. In January 1812 she served as an annex to the naval school ship Tourville. She received a third mast for training duties.[1]

Fate

Festin grounded in Brest harbour on 13 June 1813. Although there was little damage, she was struck from the lists.[1]

See also

• French corvette Naïade (1793)
• French corvette Diligente (1794)

Citations

1. Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 168.
2. Demerliac (1999), p. 76, n°431.
3. Lloyd's List №2633.

References

• Demerliac, Alain (1999). La Marine de la Révolution: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1792 A 1799 (in French). Éditions Ancre. ISBN 2-906381-24-1.
• Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2015). French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786–1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2.