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'''''Naïade''''' was a 20-gun ''Coquette''-class corvette. She took part in the Indian theatre of the [[Anglo-French War (1778–1783)|Anglo-French War]] with the squadron under [[Suffren]]. The British [[Royal Navy]] captured her in 1783 but never commissioned her; it sold her in 1784.
==French service==
On 11 February 1782, ''Naïade'' departed [[Brest, France|Brest]]. She called [[Isle de France (Mauritius)|Isle de France]] ([[Mauritius]]) and arrived at [[Cuddalore]] on 10 March 1782 to support the squadron under [[Suffren]].{{sfnp|Roche|2005|p=321}}
In November 1782,  she was at [[Ceylon]] under [[Pierre Alexandre Pastour de Costebelle|Costebelle]].{{sfnp|Cunat|1852|p=87}}
On 11 April, ''Captaine de Brûlot'' [[Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse|Villaret de Joyeuse]] was given command of ''Naïade''.{{sfnp|Lacour-Gayet|1910|p=542}} Suffren sent her to [[Madras]] to warn the French blockading squadron, composed of the [[74-gun]] [[French ship Fendant (1777)|''Fendant'']],{{sfnp|Cunat|1852|p=274}} the 64-gun [[French ship Saint Michel (1741)|''Saint-Michel'']] and the frigates [[French frigate Cléopâtre (1781)|''Cléopâtre'']] and [[HMS Coventry (1757)|''Coventry'']], of the imminent arrival of a superior British force.{{sfnp|Hennequin|1835|p=214}} Three days after her departure, on  11 April 1783, ''Naïade'' spotted the 64-gun [[HMS Sceptre (1781)|HMS ''Sceptre'']],{{sfnp|Levot|1866|p=544}} under Captain Graves;<ref name=london12509 /> after trying without success to elude his much stronger opponent, Villaret was forced into battle, and [[striking the colours|struck his colours]] after a five-hour fight.{{sfnp|Lacour-Gayet|1910|p=660}}{{sfnp|Cunat|1852|p=381-382}}{{sfnp|Hennequin|1835|p=214}}<ref name=london12509>{{London Gazette|issue=12509|page=1|date=10 January 1784}}</ref>  When Villaret surrendered his sword, Graves allegedly told him "Sir, you have given us a fairly beautiful frigate, but you made us pay dearly for her!";{{sfnp|Hennequin|1835|p=214}} some authors add that Graves returned Villaret his sword.{{sfnp|Roche|2005|p=321}}
==British service==
The British armed ''Naïade'' with twenty-two 12-pounder guns, and two 18-pounder and six 12-pounder [[carronade]], but never commissioned her. {{sfnp|Demerliac|1996|p=73|loc=n°462}} From  26 April 1783, she was under Lieutenant [[Sir Richard Strachan, 6th Baronet|Richard Strachan]].
== Fate ==
''Naïade'' was sold on 17 August 1784.{{sfnp|Demerliac|1996|p=73|loc=n°462}}
==Citations==
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==References==
* {{cite book |last1=Cunat |first1=Charles |authorlink1=Charles Cunat|title=Histoire du Bailli de Suffren |date=1852 |publisher=A. Marteville et Lefas |location=Rennes |url=https://archive.org/details/histoiredubaill00torpgoog}}
* {{cite book|last=Demerliac|first=Alain|year=1996|title=La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792|location=Nice|publisher=Éditions OMEGA|isbn=2-906381-23-3}}
* {{cite book|title=Biographie maritime ou notices historiques sur la vie et les campagnes des marins célèbres français et étrangers|last=Hennequin|first=Joseph François Gabriel|author-link=Joseph François Gabriel Hennequin|year=1835|publisher=Regnault éditeur|location=Paris|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YbdCAAAAYAAJ|language=French|volume=2}}
* {{cite book |last=Lacour-Gayet |first=Georges|authorlink=Georges Lacour-Gayet|title=La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI |date=1910 |publisher=Honoré Champion |location=Paris |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1181278.texteImage}}
* {{cite book|title=Les gloires maritimes de la France: notices biographiques sur les plus célèbres marins|last=Levot|first=Prosper|authorlink=Prosper Levot|year=1866|publisher=Bertrand|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=08O_XGLO43QC|language=French}}
* {{cite book|first=Jean-Michel|last=Roche|year=2005|title=Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours|isbn=978-2-9525917-0-6|oclc=165892922|publisher=Group Retozel-Maury Millau|volume=1|page=280}}
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