French cutter Clairvoyant (1780)

History
France
Name	Clairvoyant
Builder	Denys, at Dunkirk [1]
Laid down	April 1780 [1]
Launched	18 June 1780 [1]
In service	September 1780 [1]
Out of service	October 1784 [1]
Fate	Wrecked 1785
General characteristics
Class & type	Mutin-class cutter
Tons burthen	115 tonnes
Length	24.4 m (80 ft 1 in)
Beam	7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
Depth of hold	3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	Sails
Armament	14 guns

Clairvoyant was a Mutin-class 14-gun cutter of the French Navy.

Career

In 1781, Clairvoyant sailed with the division under Suffren up to Cap Vert. ^[1] In 1782, she was reconfigured as a brig. ^[1]

Clairvoyant took part in the Battle of the Saintes on 12 April 1782. ^[2]

In 1785, she was wrecked at Audierne. The crew was saved. ^[1]

Citations

1. Roche (2005), p. 117.
2. Troude (1867), p. 141.

References

• Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1910). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI. Paris: Honoré Champion. pp. 431–434.
• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN   978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC   165892922. (1671-1870)
• Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). Vol. 2. Challamel ainé.