Eugénie (1793 ship)

History
France
Name	Eugénie
Builder	Nantes
Launched	1793
Acquired	March 1794 (requisitioned)
Decommissioned	February 1796
Captured	16 March 1798
Great Britain
Name	HMS Pandour or Pandora
Acquired	March 1798 by capture
Renamed	HMS Wolf in 1800
Fate	Broken up 1802
General characteristics
Type	Brig
Displacement	300 tons
Tons burthen	24327⁄94 (bm)
Length	85 ft 10 in (26.2 m) (overall);; 67 ft 9+1⁄4 in (20.7 m) (keel);
Beam	25 ft 11+3⁄4 in (7.9 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft 11 in (3.6 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Brig
Complement	French privateer: 100-110; French Navy:95-105; Royal Navy: 86;
Armament	Originally:16 × 6-pounder guns + 12 swivel guns; 1795: 2 × 6-pounder guns + 14 × 4-pounder guns; Privateer: 16 × 6-pounders; Royal Navy: 16 × 6-pounder guns;

Eugénie was a French 16-gun privateer ship-sloop launched in 1793. The French Navy requisitioned her in March 1794 for coastal escort and patrol purposes. After the navy returned her to civilian ownership at Nantes in February 1796 she returned to privateering.^[3]

On 16 March 1798 HMS Magnanime was escorting a small convoy when she spied a privateer lurking about, seeking an opportunity to pick off a prize. Captain Michael de Courcy set Magnanime in chase. Twenty-three hours and 256 miles later, he captured Eugénie at 42°N 12°W / 42°N 12°W / 42; -12. She had been armed with 18 guns, eight of which she had thrown overboard during the chase, and had a crew of 107 men. She was coppered and appeared completely new.^[4]

She arrived at Plymouth on 4 May. The Royal Navy took her into service under the name HMS Pandour, but never commissioned her. In 1800 her name became HMS Wolf. Wolf never saw active duty either.

The Admiralty offered her for sale at Plymouth on 31 August 1801.^[5] She was broken up in 1802.^[2]

Notes

^ Winfield gives her launch year as 1793,^[1] but his earlier description gives the launch year as 1798.^[2] His more recent book, with S. Roberts, gives the year as 1793.^[3]

Citations

^ Winfield (2008), p. 287.
^ ^a ^b ^c Winfield (2008), p. 266.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 213.
^ "No. 15006". The London Gazette. 10 April 1798. p. 305.
^ "No. 15396". The London Gazette. 11 August 1801. p. 991.

References

Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1861762467.
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.

[4] Winfield gives her launch year as 1793,^[1] but his earlier description gives the launch year as 1798.^[2] His more recent book, with S. Roberts, gives the year as 1793.^[3]

[FOOTNOTEWinfield2008287-1] Winfield (2008), p. 287.

[FOOTNOTEWinfield2008266-2] Winfield (2008), p. 266.

[FOOTNOTEWinfieldRoberts2015213-3] Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 213.

[5] "No. 15006". The London Gazette. 10 April 1798. p. 305.

[6] "No. 15396". The London Gazette. 11 August 1801. p. 991.

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