At least four vessels of the
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Belette. (Belette is French for "weasel".)
HMS Belette was an 18-26-gun French Coquette-class corvette launched in 1781, that Royalists at Toulon surrendered to the British in 1793.[1] The British burnt her and
Poulette on 20 October 1796 at
Ajaccio as the two vessels were too unseaworthy to evacuate the island of Corsica in the face of the advancing French troops.[2]
HMS Belette was the French 12-gun
brigBelliqueuse, the name-ship of her class, launched in 1793 and sold in 1797 to serve as a privateer. The Royal Navy captured her in January 1798 and though the Admiralty named her HMS Belette and took her measurements, she was never commissioned; she was sold in 1801.
Demerliac, Alain (1996). La Marine de Louis XVI: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1774 à 1792 (in French). Éditions Ancre.
ISBN9782906381230.
OCLC468324725.
Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot.
ISBN0-948864-30-3.
List of ships with the same or similar names
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
At least four vessels of the
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Belette. (Belette is French for "weasel".)
HMS Belette was an 18-26-gun French Coquette-class corvette launched in 1781, that Royalists at Toulon surrendered to the British in 1793.[1] The British burnt her and
Poulette on 20 October 1796 at
Ajaccio as the two vessels were too unseaworthy to evacuate the island of Corsica in the face of the advancing French troops.[2]
HMS Belette was the French 12-gun
brigBelliqueuse, the name-ship of her class, launched in 1793 and sold in 1797 to serve as a privateer. The Royal Navy captured her in January 1798 and though the Admiralty named her HMS Belette and took her measurements, she was never commissioned; she was sold in 1801.
Demerliac, Alain (1996). La Marine de Louis XVI: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1774 à 1792 (in French). Éditions Ancre.
ISBN9782906381230.
OCLC468324725.
Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot.
ISBN0-948864-30-3.
List of ships with the same or similar names
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.