HMS Bonne Citoyenne (1796)

HMS Bonne Citoyenne, in 1799 by John Thomas Serres
History
/ France
Launched	9 July 1794
Captured	By the Royal Navy on 10 March 1796
Great Britain
Name	Bonne Citoyenne
Acquired	by capture 10 March 1796
Honours and awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasps: "St Vincent"[1] "Bonne Citoyenne Wh. Furieuse"[2]
Fate	Sold on 3 February 1819
General characteristics
Class and type	Bonne Citoyenne-class corvette
Tons burthen	5114⁄94 (bm)
Length	120 ft 1 in (36.6 m) (overall); 106 ft 6+1⁄4 in (32.5 m) (keel)
Beam	30 ft 11 in (9.4 m)
Depth of hold	8 ft 7 in (2.6 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	French service: 145 men British service: 125
Armament	French service: 20 × 8-pounder guns British service Upperdeck:18 × 6-pounder guns QD:2 × 32-pounder carronades Later 2 × 9-pounder bow chase guns + 18 × 32-pounder carronades

Bonne Citoyenne was a 20-gun corvette of the French Navy launched in 1794, the name ship of a four-vessel class. She was part of the French fleet active in the Bay of Biscay and English Channel. The Royal Navy captured her in 1796, commissioning her as the sloop-of-war HMS Bonne Citoyenne.

Under British command she served in the Mediterranean, including at the Battle of Cape St Vincent. She was taken out of service in 1803 but returned following refitting in 1808, then serving in the Atlantic. Her most famous action was the capture of the much larger French frigate Furieuse on 6 July 1809, for which her crew earned the Naval General Service Medal. The later part of her career was spent in South America. Her design was used as the basis for the Hermes-class post ships. She was laid up in 1815, and sold in 1819.