HMS Alert (1779)
{{Other ships|HMS Alert|French ship Alerte}}
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HMS Alert was an 18-gun cutter of the Royal Navy. She took part in the War of American Independence, where she was captured by the French Navy and brought into their service. She was part on the squadron under Grasse until a British frigate recaptured her.
Service history
= British career =
Alert was built at Dover in 1779. She patrolled in the Gulf of Biscay until Diligente captured her on 25 September 1780 off the Gironde. The French brought her into service as Alerte.{{sfnp|Roche|2005|p=32}}
= French career =
Alerte was attached to the squadron of Grasse, under Ensign Gallien de Chabons.{{sfnp|Roche|2005|p=32}} She took part in the Battle of Fort Royal on 29 April and 30 April 1781.{{sfnp|Kerguelen|1796|p=182-183}}{{sfnp|Troude|1867|p=100—101}}{{sfnp|Lacour-Gayet|1905|p=648—649}}
On 28 November 1781, the 36-gun frigate HMS Perseverance recaptured her after a long battle.{{sfnp|Kerguelen|1796|p=224}} Auxiliary officer Galocheau was wounded and lost an eye.{{sfnp|Kerguelen|1796|p=225}}
Fate
Alert was sold to break up at Deptford in October 1792.{{sfnp|Roche|2005|p=32}}
Notes
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References
- {{cite book|last=Kerguelen|first=Yves-Joseph|authorlink=Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec|year=1796|title=Relation des combats et des évènements de la guerre maritime de 1778 entre la France et l'Angleterre|publisher=Imprimerie de Patris|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Io9DAAAAcAAJ|language=French}}
- {{cite book |last=Lacour-Gayet |first=Georges|authorlink=Georges Lacour-Gayet|title=La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI |date=1905 |publisher=Honoré Champion |location=Paris |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k118128n |oclc=763372623 }}
- {{cite book|last=Roche|first=Jean-Michel|year=2005|title=Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours|isbn=978-2-9525917-0-6|oclc=165892922|publisher=Group Retozel-Maury Millau|volume=1}} (1671-1870)
- {{Cite book|first=Onésime-Joachim |last=Troude |authorlink=Onésime-Joachim Troude |year=1867 |publisher=Challamel ainé|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6541320m |title=Batailles navales de la France| language=French |volume=2 |oclc=836362484}}
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