Plans and elevation of Huit Amis as recorded in British sources after her capture
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History | |
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France | |
Name | Huit Amis |
Namesake | "Eight friends" |
Builder | Bordeaux |
Launched | 1798 |
Captured | 10 May 1798 |
Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Bonetta |
Namesake | Atlantic bonito |
Acquired | May 1798 by capture |
Commissioned | August 1798 |
Fate | Wrecked 25 October 1801 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Tons burthen | 34770⁄94 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 27 ft 8 in (8.4 m) |
Depth of hold | 13 ft 0+1⁄2 in (4.0 m) |
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Armament |
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HMS Bonetta was the French privateer Huit Amis, launched at Bordeaux in 1798 that the British Royal Navy captured in May. In her brief naval career she captured a number of small prizes, one of them a 2-gun privateer. Bonetta was wrecked in 1801.