&sq=&lang=&file=File:Bayonnaise_vs_Embuscade_mg_9452.jpg) Bayonnaise (left) ramming into HMS Ambuscade
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| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Bayonnaise |
| Namesake | Bayonne |
| Builder | Bastiat, Dufouc, & Fils, Bayonne[1] |
| Laid down | March 1793 |
| Launched | September 1793 |
| Commissioned | March 1794 |
| Fate | Destroyed by her crew on 28 November 1803 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Displacement | 580 tons (French) |
| Tons burthen | c.400 (bm)[2] |
| Length | 38 m (125 ft) |
| Beam | 10 m (33 ft) |
| Draught | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Complement | 172-386,[1] or 220[2] |
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Bayonnaise was a 24-gun corvette of the French Navy, launched in 1793. She became famous for her capture of HMS Ambuscade on 14 December 1798. Her crew destroyed Bayonnaise in November 1803 to prevent her capture.
- ^ a b c Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 172.
- ^ a b c "NAVAL HISTORY of GREAT BRITAIN - Vol II". Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2008-10-22.