Retaliation
French Navy, then United States Navy
| Type | Schooner |
|---|---|
| Guns | 14 guns |
| War | Quasi-War |
Service
| to 1798 | Croyable | |
| 1798 | Retaliation Captured by Delaware | |
| 1798–1799 | Magicienne Captured off Guadeloupe | |
| from 1799 | Retaliation Retaken by Merrimack |
French privateer schooner Croyable, taken by Delaware off New Jersey in July 1798 and commissioned in the US Navy as Retaliation. Under William Bainbridge she was caught by two French frigates off Guadeloupe in November 1798, the only American warship lost in the war, and taken back into French service; she was retaken by the frigate Merrimack in June 1799.
Armament and specifications
Armament
- Privateer: 12–14 guns
- US service: 4 × 6-pounder guns + 10 × 4-pounder guns, or 14x6 pounders
- French service: 12 or 14 × 6-pounder guns
| Builder | Baltimore, Maryland |
|---|---|
| Launched | c.1790s |
| Complement | Privateer & U.S. Navy 70 men US Service: 76 or 87 officers and enlisted |
As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.
Career
Launched as Croyable
c.1790s
7 July 1798
As the privateer Croyable
Renamed USS Retaliation
7 July 1798 · Captured by Delaware
20 November 1798
William Bainbridge
Renamed Magicienne
20 November 1798 · Captured off Guadeloupe
Renamed USS Retaliation
28 June 1799 · Retaken by Merrimack
Fate
Sold, 29 November 1799