History | |
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France | |
Name | La Royalist, La Bienvenue |
Builder | Gouet and Deros |
Launched | 7 May 1788 |
Renamed | October 1792, January 1793 |
Captured | 20 March 1794 |
Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Undaunted |
Renamed | 30 March 1795 |
Fate | Sold |
General characteristics As built | |
Class and type | 20-gun flûte |
Tons burthen | 699 tons bm |
Length | 42.2 m (138 ft) |
Beam | 10.1 m (33 ft) |
Depth | 4.9 m (16 ft) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament | 20 × 8-pounders (livre de Paris)[a] |
General characteristics British service | |
Class and type | 28-gun sixth-rate frigate |
Complement | 195 |
La Bienvenue was a 20-gun French warship launched at Le Havre in 1788 that made several changes in ownership and name during military conflict with the British. She briefly became La Royalist in October 1792 before reverting to her original name in January the following year. She was serving as a prison ship at Martinique when she was captured by the British in 1794.