French cutter Lézard (1781)
16-gun Cerf-class cutter of the French Navy. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Lézard and HMS Lizard.
Lézard was a 16-gun Cerf-class cutter of the French Navy. She was built in 1781, and took part in the Indian theatre of the Anglo-French War. She was captured by the 74-gun HMS Sultan in October 1782 at Trinquebar,[3] and later returned to France.[1]
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Name | Lézard |
Builder | Dunkirk, [1] Jacques and Daniel Denys [2] |
Laid down | October 1780 [1] |
Launched | 10 March 1781 [1] |
In service | June 1781 [1] |
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Name | HMS Lizard |
Fate | Returned to France |
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Class and type | Cerf-class cutter cutter |
Displacement | 130 tonnes |
Length | 26.3 metres |
Beam | 8.4 metres |
Height | 3.9 metres |
Armament | 16 to 18 6-pounder long guns [1] |
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