French corvette Naïade (1780)
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Naïade |
| Ordered | 23 July 1779 |
| Builder | Toulon |
| Laid down | July 1779 |
| Launched | 21 December 1779 |
| Commissioned | April 1780 |
| Captured | 1805 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Naiad |
| Fate | Sold 1784 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Coquette-class corvette |
| Type | corvette |
| Tons burthen | 400 tonnes |
| Length | 38.7 metres |
| Beam | 9.9 metres |
| Draught | 4.9 metres |
| Armament | 18 × 8-pounder long guns |
Naïade was a 20-gun Coquette-class corvette. She took part in the Indian theatre of the Anglo-French War with the squadron under Suffren. The British Royal Navy captured her in 1783 but never commissioned her; it sold her in 1784.