French brig Belliqueuse (1793)

*Belliqueuse*
History
France
Name	Belliquese
Ordered	15 April 1793
Builder	Michel Colin-Olivier, Dieppe
Laid down	May 1793
Launched	30 December 1793
Captured	January 1798
Great Britain
Name	HMS Belette
Acquired	16 January 1798 by capture
Fate	Sold 1801
General characteristics
Class & type	Belliqueuse-class brig
Displacement	475 tons (French)
Tons burthen	220-280 (French; "of load"); 346 49⁄94 (bm);
Length	104 ft 4+1⁄2 in (31.8 m) (overall); 85 ft 7+1⁄2 in (26.1 m) (keel);
Beam	27 ft 7 in (8.4 m)
Depth of hold	7 ft 5 in (2.3 m)
Sail plan	Brig
Complement	French Navy:6 officers + 110-140 other ranks; Privateer:120; British service:125;
Armament	French Navy; Originally: 12 × 12-pounder guns; 1794: 6 × 24-pounder + 2 × 8-pounder guns; Privateer: 14 × 8-pounder guns + four carronades; British service: 20 × 24-pounder carronades;

Belliquese was a French Navy 12-gun brig launched in 1793 as the name-vessel of her class, and sold in 1797 to serve as a privateer. The British Royal Navy captured her in 1798. Though the Royal Navy named her HMS Bellete and took her measurements, it never actually commissioned her; she was sold in 1801.

History

France
Name	Belliquese
Ordered	15 April 1793
Builder	Michel Colin-Olivier, Dieppe
Laid down	May 1793
Launched	30 December 1793
Captured	January 1798
Great Britain
Name	HMS Belette
Acquired	16 January 1798 by capture
Fate	Sold 1801
General characteristics
Class & type	Belliqueuse-class brig
Displacement	475 tons (French)
Tons burthen	220-280 (French; "of load") 346 49⁄94 (bm)
Length	104 ft 4+1⁄2 in (31.8 m) (overall) 85 ft 7+1⁄2 in (26.1 m) (keel)
Beam	27 ft 7 in (8.4 m)
Depth of hold	7 ft 5 in (2.3 m)
Sail plan	Brig
Complement	French Navy:6 officers + 110-140 other ranks Privateer:120 British service:125
Armament	French Navy Originally: 12 × 12-pounder guns 1794: 6 × 24-pounder + 2 × 8-pounder guns Privateer: 14 × 8-pounder guns + four carronades British service: 20 × 24-pounder carronades