HMS Gaiete (1797)
Gaiete (La Gayete), plan drawn in 1797 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Gaieté or Gayette |
| Builder | Bayonne |
| Laid down | October 1793 |
| Launched | 1796 |
| Fate | Captured by Arethusa, 10 August 1797 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Gaiete |
| Acquired | By capture, 10 August 1797 |
| Commissioned | June 1798 |
| Fate | Sold, 1808 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Corvette |
| Tons burthen | 51420⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 120 ft 3+1⁄2 in (36.7 m) (overall); 100 ft 0+3⁄4 in (30.5 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 30 ft 1 in (9.2 m) |
| Depth of hold | 8 ft 8 in (2.6 m) |
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HMS Gaiete (also Gayette) was a French Bonne Citoyenne-class corvette that the British frigate HMS Arethusa captured off Bermuda in 1797. She then served in the Royal Navy until she was sold in 1808.