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French ship Biche (1798)

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Name
  
Biche

Builder
  
Brest

In service
  
September 1798

Construction started
  
April 1798

Length
  
26 m

Draft
  
2.5 m

Namesake
  
hind

Laid down
  
April 1798

Struck
  
1807

Launched
  
18 August 1798

Weight
  
65 tons

The Biche was an 8-gun Agile class schooner of the French Navy.

She took part in the Expédition d'Irlande and in the Battle of Tory Island.

She was decommissioned in 1803.

References

French ship Biche (1798) Wikipedia