HMS Bellona (left) captures the Duc de Chartres, 18 August 1747, by Dominic Serres
| |
History | |
---|---|
France | |
Name | Bellone |
Namesake | Bellona (goddess) |
Builder | Nantes |
Laid down | 1744 |
Launched | January 1745 |
Fate | Captured in 1747 |
Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Bellona |
Acquired | 1747 |
Commissioned | May 1747 |
Fate | Sold in 1749 |
General characteristics | |
Propulsion | Sail |
Sail plan | ship-rigged |
Bellone, was a French privateer. Bellone was involved in a naval battle in Loch nan Uamh during the Jacobite rising. She was captured in 1747. She was taken into Royal Navy service as HMS Bellona and was sold in 1749.