HMS Epervier

Last updated April 05, 2019

HMS Epervier has been the name of more than one British Royal Navy ship, and may refer to:

HMS Epervier (1797), sometimes spelled HMS Epervoir, a 16-gun brig-sloop captured from the French in 1797 and sold in 1801
HMS Epervier (1803), a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1802, captured from the French in 1803, and sold in 1811.
HMS Epervier (1812), an 18-gun brig-sloop launched in 1812 and captured by the United States Navy in 1814

The first HMS Epervier, sometimes spelled HMS Epervoir, was the French ex-naval brick-aviso and then privateer Épervier, launched in 1788. The British captured her in 1797 and registered her in 1798 as an 18-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. The Navy never commissioned her and she was sold in 1801.

HMS Epervier was a French 16-gun Alcyon-class brig. HMS Egyptienne captured her in the Atlantic Ocean on 27 July 1803; she was taken into Royal Navy service under her existing name. Before being broken up in 1811 she captured several prizes and was present at the Battle of San Domingo. Her crew received a clasp to the Naval General Service Medal for their participation in that battle and another for an action in December 1808. She was laid up in late 1810 and was sold in 1811.

HMS Epervier was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy built by Ross at Rochester, England, and launched on 2 December 1812. USS Peacock captured her in 1814 and took her into service. USS Epervier disappeared in 1815 while carrying dispatches reporting the signing of a treaty with the Dey of Algiers.

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