HMS Bellona (1806)

Capture of Lord Nelson on 14 August 1803.
History
France
Name	Bellone[1]
Builder	Bordeaux
Launched	1797
Commissioned	November 1799
Captured	On 9 July 1806 by the Royal Navy
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Bellona
Acquired	Captured on 9 July 1806
Renamed	HMS Blanche in February 1808
Fate	Broken up in 1814
General characteristics
Class and type	28-gun sixth rate frigate
Tons burthen	64285⁄94 bm
Length	132 ft (40.2 m) (gundeck) 107 ft 2 in (32.7 m) (keel)
Beam	33 ft 7 in (10.2 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft 4 in (3.5 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	1799:220 1799:240 1801:200
Armament	1799:24 × 8-pounder guns + 6 × 36-pounder obusiers de vaisseau[1] 1799:26 × 12-oiybder guns +4 × 32-pounder carronades[2] 1801:32 × 8-pounder long guns

Bellone was a French privateer frigate that cruised under Jacques François Perroud and achieved fame with the capture of large East Indiaman Lord Nelson on 14 August 1803. HMS Powerful captured her during the action of 9 July 1806. The British Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Bellona. Later, the Navy renamed her HMS Blanche. She was broken up in 1814.