French brig Colibri (1802)
Colibri was a brig launched in 1802 for the French Navy. Between 14 and 16 August Colibri cruised the Atlantic as she sailed to Cadiz. She was under the command of enseigne de vaisseau Jourdain.[4]
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Colibri |
| Ordered | October 1801 |
| Builder | Louis, Antoine, & Mathurin Crucy, Basse-Indre[1] Design by Jean-Michel Segondat.[2] |
| Launched | 22 May 1802[1] |
| Commissioned | 5 July 1802 |
| Renamed | Saint Pierre on 1 September 1802[1] |
| Fate | Donated to the Papal Navy in December 1802[1] |
 Papal States | |
| Name | San Pietro |
| Acquired | December 1802 |
| Captured | June 1806 |
| France | |
| Name | San Petro |
| Acquired | June 1806 by capture |
| Renamed | Saint Pierre in May 1809 |
| Fate | Struck 1813 |
| General characteristics [3] | |
| Class and type | Alcyon-class |
| Displacement | 280 tons (French) |
| Tons burthen | 150 (French; "of load") |
| Length | 27 m (88.6 ft) (overall) |
| Beam | 8.5 m (27.89 ft) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Brig |
| Armament | 16 × 4-pounder guns[1] |
She was renamed Saint Pierre on 1 September 1802. Napoleon ordered the name change preparatory to donating her to Pope Pius VII. Saint Pierre left Toulon on 14 December and arrived at Civitavecchia on 16 December.[3] She sailed in company with a second gift, the somewhat over-aged brig San Paulo, escorted by Alcyon.[1] Lieutenant Dornaldéguy performed the official transfer of the ships to the papal delegate.[1]
In the service of the Papal Navy she was renamed San Pietro.[3] The French Navy seized her at Civitavechia in June 1806 and listed her as San Petro.[3] The French Empire annexed Civitavecchia in May 1809; at that time she reverted to the name Saint Pierre. She remained at Civitavechia until January 1813, when the French Navy found her to be unserviceable and had her struck from the Navy list.[3]
The schematics of the ornamentation of Colibri are stored at the Service Historique de la Marine in Paris (8DD1.2 no 6) and were published in Lepelley's monograph on Manche.[2]
See also
Citations
- Roche (2005), p. 119.
- Demerliac (2003), p. 109, №818.
- Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 210.
- Archives de France (2000), p. 262.
References
- Archives de France (2000). Fonds marine campagnes : opérations, divisions et stations navales, missions diverses : inventaire de la sous-série Marine BB⁴. Centre historique des Archives nationales. ISBN 978-2860002653.
- Demerliac, Alain (2003). La Marine du Consulat et du Premier Empire: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1800 à 1815 (in French). Éditions Ancre. ISBN 9782903179304. OCLC 492784876.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2015). French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786–1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2.