The ''Surveillant'' was a 16-gun brig of the
French Navy
The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in t ...
, built in 1799, launched the next year, and put in service in 1801.
She took part in
L'Hermite's expedition
L'Hermite's expedition was a French naval operation launched in 1805 during the Napoleonic Wars. The operation was intended as both a commerce raiding operation against the British trading posts of West Africa and as a diversion to the Trafalgar c ...
before returning to France carrying despatches.
She was demolished in 1811.
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Age of Sail naval ships of France
Ships built in France