HMS Belliqueux (1758)
Belliqueux was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1756.
| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name: | Belliqueux |
| Launched: | 1756 |
| Captured: | 2 November 1758, by Royal Navy |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Great Britain | |
| Name: | HMS Belliqueux |
| Acquired: | 2 November 1758 |
| Fate: | Broken up, September 1772 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | 64-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 137180⁄94 (bm) |
| Length: | 157 ft 10 1⁄2 in (48.1 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 44 ft 10 1⁄2 in (13.7 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 19 ft 10 in (6.05 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament: | 64 guns of various weights of shot |
She was captured on 2 November 1758 by HMS Antelope in the Irish Sea. She was found by Antelope anchored off Ilfracombe, Antelope opened fire but the French ship surrendered without having fired a shot in return. The crew of 500 was captured.[3]:11She was taken into the Royal Navy and commissioned as the third rate HMS Belliqueux.
The captains were:
- from November 1758: captain Thomas Saumarez, in the West Indies (quit due to ill health)
- from 1761: captain Richard Edwards, in the Mediterranean.
Belliqueux was broken up in September 1772.
Notes
- Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol.1. p.178.
- Ross, Sir John. Memoirs of Admiral de Saumarez Vol 1.
References
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
- Michael Phillips (2007). Belliqueux (64) (1758). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
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