French schooner Biche (1798)

History
France
Name	Biche
Namesake	hind
Builder	Brest
Laid down	April 1798
Launched	18 August 1798
In service	September 1798
Fate	Decommissioned 1803
General characteristics
Class and type	Agile-class schooner
Displacement	65 tonnes
Length	26 m (85 ft)
Beam	6.6 m (22 ft)
Draught	2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	Sail
Armament	8 guns
Armour	Timber

Last updated March 02, 2025

Biche was an 8-gun Agile-class schooner of the French Navy.

She took part in the Expédition d'Irlande and in the Battle of Tory Island.

She was decommissioned in 1803.

References

Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. p. 73. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

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History

France
Name	Biche
Namesake	hind
Builder	Brest
Laid down	April 1798
Launched	18 August 1798
In service	September 1798
Fate	Decommissioned 1803
General characteristics
Class and type	Agile-class schooner
Displacement	65 tonnes
Length	26 m (85 ft)
Beam	6.6 m (22 ft)
Draught	2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	Sail
Armament	8 guns
Armour	Timber