HMS Eclair

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Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Eclair:

• The first Eclair was an 22-gun sixth-rate frigate captured from the French by HMS Leda in 1793, sold in 1806.
• The second Eclair was a 3-gun gunvessel captured from the French in 1795, and hulked in 1802.
• The third Eclair was a 12-gun schooner captured from the French by HMS Garland off Guadeloupe in 1801, renamed as HMS Pickle in 1809 and sold in 1818.
• The fourth Eclair, launched in 1807 was an 18-gun Cruizer class brig-sloop, broken up in 1831.
• The fifth Eclair, originally called HMS Infernal, renamed Eclair in 1844, renamed again to HMS Rosamund in 1846, became a floating factory in 1863 and finally broken up in 1865.

[edit] References

• Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.