French corvette Aréthuse
Raven drawn in 1799 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Aréthuse |
| Namesake | Arethusa |
| Builder | Louis and Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre |
| Laid down | October 1797 |
| Launched | 29 April 1798 |
| Captured | 10 October 1799 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | Raven |
| Acquired | 10 October 1799 |
| Fate | Wrecked on 6 July 1804 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Corvette |
| Displacement | 464 tons |
| Tons burthen | 38982⁄94 (bm), 250 (French; "of load") |
| Length | 31.18 m (102.3 ft) (overall); 27.93 m (91.6 ft) (keel) |
| Beam | 8.93 m (29.3 ft) |
| Draught | 3.8 m (12 ft) |
| Depth of hold | 4.38 m (14.4 ft) |
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Aréthuse, launched in April 1798, was the name-ship of the eponymous Aréthuse-class corvettes of the French Navy. Excellent captured her in 1799. The Royal Navy took her into service under the name HMS Raven. She was wrecked in 1804.