History
Ottoman Empire
Name	Ferahnüma
Namesake	"Showing Happiness and Relief"[1]
Owner	Ottoman Navy
Builder	Hammâmîzâde Ahmed Pasha, Silistra[2]
Launched	1792[2]
Captured	March 1807
Notes	By one report Ferahnüma was sent to the Ottoman Imperial Naval Arsenal due to its unsuitability for further employment. However, in 1810 a brig named Ferahnüma was listed among the Ottoman Navy's auxiliary fleet.[3] Whether the brig was the earlier Ferahnüma acquired after the British Royal Navy's disposal of her in 1809, or a different vessel, is an open question.
United Kingdom
Name	Fara Numa
Acquired	21 March 1807 by capture
Fate	Disposed of in 1809
General characteristics
Tons burthen	Unknown
Length	37 Turkish Zirai[2](91 ft 11 in (28.0 m))
Propulsion	Sail
Sail plan	Ship
Complement	150 (Ottoman service)
Armament	14 × 6-pounder + 2 × 18-pounder guns (Ottoman service)

Ferahnüma was an Ottoman corvette launched in 1792. The British Royal Navy captured her on 21 March at the Alexandria expedition of 1807.^[4] The Royal Navy commissioned her under Commander Samuel Fowell in early 1808, and disposed of her in 1809, probably early in the year.^[5] Commander Fowell assumed command of HMS Roman circa April 1809.^[6]

Citations

References

• Marshall, John (1833). "Nares, William Henry" . Royal Naval Biography. Vol. 4, part 1. London: Longman and company. p. 281.
• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.
• Zorlu, Tuncay (2008). Innovation and Empire in Turkey: Sultan Selim III and Modernisation of the Ottoman Navy. London and New York: I.B. Tauris Academic Series. ISBN 9781845116941.