French frigate Brune (1756)

Brune was a Blonde-class 30-gun frigate of the French Navy. She took part in the naval battles of the Seven Year War, and was captured by the British. Recommissioned in the Royal Navy as the 32-gun HMS Brune, she served until 1792.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Brune.
HMS Brune in 1762, during the Seven Years' War. From a painting by John Cleveley the Elder
History
France
Name: Brune
Namesake: Brune river
Builder: Le Havre, plans by Jean-Joseph Ginoux[1]
Laid down: September 1754[1]
Launched: 7 September 1755[1]
In service: March 1756[1]
Captured: by Britain, 30 January 1761[1]
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Brune[1]
Acquired: 1761[1]
Fate: Sold on 2 October 1792[1]
General characteristics
Class and type: Blonde-class frigate[1]
Length:
  • 109 ft 0 in (33.22 m) (gundeck)
  • 131 ft 2 in (39.98 m) (overall)
Beam: 34 ft 7.5 in (10.554 m)
Depth of hold: 10 ft 7.5 in (3.239 m)
Complement: 220
Armament:
  • 32 guns comprising:
  • Gun deck: 26 × 12-pounder guns
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6-pounder guns
  • Forecastle: 2 x 6-pounder guns

Career
HMS Brune captures Oiseau in 1762

Brune was ordered in January 1753, and named on 7 January 1753.[1] In 1757, she served in a squadron under Rear-admiral Beaufremont to ferry troops to Saint-Domingue.[2]

She served as a coast-guard until August 1758, when she was decommissioned.[1]

On 18 March, she was recommissioned in Brest. On 30 January 1762, she was captured by the frigates HMS Venus and HMS Juno, after a two-hour fight.[1][3]

Recommissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Brune, she captured the French frigate Oiseau on 23 October 1762.[1]

In 1780, she captured a French ship Renard[Note 1][1]

She was sold on 2 October 1792.[1]

Notes and references

Notes
  1. Possibly the xebec Renard, recently sold.

References
  1. Roche, vol.1, p.88
  2. Troude, vol.1, p.341
  3. Troude, vol.1, p.427

Bibliography
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 88. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). 1. Challamel ainé.
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