Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Eclair: The first Eclair was a French "barque latine", launched on 5 July 1771, re-classed as a corvette in 1783. Between 22 June and 24 September 1792 she sailed to Malta, Tunis, and the Îles d'Hyères while under the command of lieutenant de vaisseau Basterot de La Barrière. She was under the command of lieutenant de vaisseau Roubaud when and captured her on 16 June 1793, south of Marseilles. The Royal Navy took her into service as a 22-gun post-ship. She became a powder hulk in April 1797 and was sold in 1806. The second was a 3-gun gunvessel captured from the French in 1795. She was converted to a schooner before sailing to the West Indies in 1796. She was renamed Safety in 1802 and hulked. Safety was listed as a guardship in the West Indies in 1808 and as prison ship in 1810. She then reappeared as a receiving hulk at Tortola in 1841. She was finally broken up in 1879. The third was a 10-gun schooner. Under the command of enseigne de vaiseau Sougé she sailed to Basse-Terre. Garland, a tender to , captured her in the anchorage at Grande-Anse, les Saintes in 1801. Eclair was renamed Pickle in 1809 and sold in 1818. The fourth was an 18-gun launched in 1807 and broken up in 1831. The fifth Eclair, was originally the 6-gun sloop . Infernal was renamed Eclair in 1844 but then renamed Rosamund in 1846; Rosamund became a floating factory in 1863 and was finally broken up in 1865. Citations References Demerliac, Alain (1996) La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA). Fonds Marine. Campagnes (opérations ; divisions et stations navales ; missions diverses). Inventaire de la sous-série Marine BB4. Tome premier : BB4 1 à 209 (1790–1804) Royal Navy ship names