HMS Marie Antoinette (1793)

History
French Navy Ensign (1790-1794)France
NameMarie Antoinette
NamesakeMarie Antoinette, Queen of France
FateRequisitioned 1793 at Saint-Domingue
France
NameConvention Nationale
AcquiredBy requisition 1793
CapturedBy a squadron under Commodore John Ford at Môle-Saint-Nicolas in September 1793
Great Britain
NameHMS Marie Antoinette
FateCrew mutinied and took her to a French port in the West Indies on 27 December 1797
General characteristics [1][2]
Class and type10-gun schooner
Tons burthen
  • French:c. 150 (French; of load)
  • British:187 bm
Length
  • French:80' (French)
  • British:85 ft 5 in (26.04 m)
Beam
  • French: 21'7" (French)
  • British:23 ft 0 in (7.01 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planTwo-masted schooner
Complement50
Armament
  • French service: 10 × 6- and 4-pounder guns[3]
  • British service: 10 × 4-pounder guns

HMS Marie Antoinette was a 10-gun two-masted sloop.[4] She was built in France and was originally called Marie Antoinette. During the French Revolution, she was rerequisitoned and renamed Convention Nationale. A British squadron under Commodore Ford captured her in 1793. The Royal Navy took her into service under her original name, Marie Antoinette. She took part in operations around Saint-Domingue until her crew mutinied in 1797 and carried her into a French port. Her subsequent fate is unknown.

  1. ^ Demerliac (1999), p. 109, n°694.
  2. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 356.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference LG13600 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Ships of the Royal Navy, Colledge, p.217