French corvette Var (1806)

French service: 101–159
British service: 88

*Var*
	Capture of Var by HMS Belle Poule off Corfu 1809
History
France
Name	Var
Namesake	Var (department)
Ordered	26 March 1805
Builder	La Ciotat
Laid down	July 1805
Launched	8 September 1806
Fate	Captured February 1809
United Kingdom
Name	Chichester
Acquired	February 1809 by capture
Fate	Wrecked 2 May 1811
General characteristics
Class & type	Var-class flute
Displacement	800 tons (French)
Tons burthen	777 (bm)
Length	Overall: 140 ft 10 in (42.9 m) ; Keel: 118 ft 10 in (36.2 m);
Beam	35 ft 0+1⁄2 in (10.7 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft 6+1⁄2 in (3.5 m)
Propulsion	Sail
Complement	French service:101–159; British service:88;
Armament	French service: 22 × 9-pounder guns + 4 × 24-pounder carronades; British service; Upper deck: 14 × 6-pounder guns; QD: 4 × 4-pounder guns;

Var was a corvette of the French Navy, launched in 1806 as the name-ship of her class of flutes. She served as a storeship until the British captured her in 1809. She became the transport HMS Chichester, and was wrecked in 1811.

History
Capture of Var by HMS Belle Poule off Corfu 1809
France
Name	Var
Namesake	Var (department)
Ordered	26 March 1805
Builder	La Ciotat
Laid down	July 1805
Launched	8 September 1806
Fate	Captured February 1809
United Kingdom
Name	Chichester
Acquired	February 1809 by capture
Fate	Wrecked 2 May 1811
General characteristics
Class & type	Var-class flute
Displacement	800 tons (French)
Tons burthen	777 (bm)
Length	Overall: 140 ft 10 in (42.9 m) Keel: 118 ft 10 in (36.2 m)
Beam	35 ft 0+1⁄2 in (10.7 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft 6+1⁄2 in (3.5 m)
Propulsion	Sail
Complement	French service:101–159 British service:88
Armament	French service: 22 × 9-pounder guns + 4 × 24-pounder carronades British service Upper deck: 14 × 6-pounder guns QD: 4 × 4-pounder guns