French brig Belliqueuse (1793)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Belette.

Belliqueuse
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameBelliquese
Ordered15 April 1793
BuilderMichel Colin-Olivier, Dieppe
Laid downMay 1793
Launched30 December 1793
CapturedJanuary 1798
Great Britain
NameHMS Belette
Acquired16 January 1798 by capture
FateSold 1801
General characteristics [1][2]
Class and typeBelliqueuse-class brig
Displacement475 tons (French)
Tons burthen
  • 220-280 (French; "of load")
  • 346 49⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 104 ft 4+1⁄2 in (31.8 m) (overall)
  • 85 ft 7+1⁄2 in (26.1 m) (keel)
Beam27 ft 7 in (8.4 m)
Depth of hold7 ft 5 in (2.3 m)
Sail planBrig
Complement
  • French Navy:6 officers + 110-140 other ranks[3]
  • Privateer:120
  • British service:125
Armament
  • French Navy
    • Originally: 12 × 12-pounder guns
    • 1794: 6 × 24-pounder + 2 × 8-pounder guns[3]
  • Privateer: 14 × 8-pounder guns + four carronades
  • British service: 20 × 24-pounder carronades

Belliquese was a French Navy 12-gun brig launched in 1793 as the name-vessel of her class, and sold in 1797 to serve as a privateer. The British Royal Navy captured her in 1798. Though the Royal Navy named her HMS Bellete and took her measurements, it never actually commissioned her; she was sold in 1801.

  1. ^ a b Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 202.
  2. ^ Winfield (2008), pp. 284–5.
  3. ^ a b Demerliac (1999), p. 93, n°559.