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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}{{Use British English|date=December 2017}}Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Eclair: - The first Eclair was a French "barque latine", launched on 5 July 1771, re-classed as a corvette in 1783.[1] Between 22 June and 24 September 1792 she sailed to Malta, Tunis, and the Îles d'Hyères while under the command of lieutenant de vaisseau Basterot de La Barrière.[2] She was under the command of lieutenant de vaisseau Roubaud when {{HMS|Leda|1783|6}} and {{HMS|Illustrious|1789|6}} captured her on 16 June 1793, south of Marseilles.[3] The Royal Navy took her into service as a 22-gun post-ship. She became a powder hulk in April 1797 and was sold in 1806.
- The second {{ship|French gun-vessel|Eclair|1793|2}} was a 3-gun gunvessel captured from the French in 1795. She was converted to a schooner before sailing to the West Indies in 1796. She was renamed Safety in 1802 and hulked. Safety was listed as a guardship in the West Indies in 1808 and as prison ship in 1810. She then reappeared as a receiving hulk at Tortola in 1841. She was finally broken up in 1879.
- The third {{HMS|Eclair|1801}} was a 10-gun schooner. Under the command of enseigne de vaiseau Sougé she sailed to Basse-Terre. Garland, a tender to {{HMS|Daphne|1776|2}}, captured her in the anchorage at Grande-Anse, les Saintes in 1801.[4] Eclair was renamed Pickle in 1809 and sold in 1818.
- The fourth {{HMS|Eclair|1807}} was an 18-gun {{sclass-|Cruizer|brig-sloop}} launched in 1807 and broken up in 1831.
- The fifth Eclair, was originally the 6-gun sloop {{HMS|Infernal|1843|6}}. Infernal was renamed Eclair in 1844 but then renamed Rosamund in 1846; Rosamund became a floating factory in 1863 and was finally broken up in 1865.
Citations1. ^Demerliac (1996), p.30, #118.
2. ^Fonds, Vol. 1, p.33.
3. ^Fonds, Vol.1, p.52.
4. ^Fonds, Vol. 1, p.259.
References- {{Colledge}}
- Demerliac, Alain (1996) La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA). {{ISBN|2-906381-23-3}}
- Fonds Marine. Campagnes (opérations ; divisions et stations navales ; missions diverses). Inventaire de la sous-série Marine BB4. Tome premier : BB4 1 à 209 (1790–1804) [https://web.archive.org/web/20140306204735/http://www.servicehistorique.sga.defense.gouv.fr/contenu/functions/dc/attached/FRSHD_PUB_00000226_dc/FRSHD_PUB_00000226_dc_att-FRSHD_PUB_00000226_01.pdf]
- {{cite book |first=Rif|last=Winfield|title=British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates|publisher=Seaforth|year=2008|isbn=1-86176-246-1}}
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