page_title: HMS Eclipse (1804)
hierarchical_section_title: HMS Eclipse (1804)
caption_attribution_description: English: VESUVE FL.1795 [FRENCH] lines &amp; profile
context_page_description: HMS Eclipse was a French Navy Vésuve-class brick-canonnier or chaloupe-canonnière, launched at Saint-Malo in 1793 as Volage. She was renamed Venteux in 1795 possibly also Vérité on 30 May 1795, although this might have been a second ship of the same name. The British Royal Navy captured her in 1803 and took her into service as HMS Eagle, but then renamed her HMS Eclipse in 1804. She had a completely unremarkable career before the Navy sold her in 1807.
context_section_description: HMS Eclipse was a French Navy Vésuve-class brick-canonnier or chaloupe-canonnière, (gunbrig) launched at Saint-Malo in 1793 as Volage. She was renamed Venteux in 1795 (possibly also Vérité on 30 May 1795, although this might have been a second ship of the same name. The British Royal Navy captured her in 1803 and took her into service as HMS Eagle, but then renamed her HMS Eclipse in 1804. She had a completely unremarkable career before the Navy sold her in 1807.
caption: Plans of Vésuve, lead ship of the class
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