French frigate Brune (1755)

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Le HMS Brune capturant l'Oiseau en 1762b.jpg
HMS Brune in 1762, during the Seven Years' War. From a painting by John Cleveley the Elder
History
Flag of the Kingdom of France (1814-1830).svgFrance
NameBrune
Namesake Brune river
Builder Le Havre, plans by Jean-Joseph Ginoux [1]
Laid downSeptember 1754 [1]
Launched7 September 1755 [1]
In serviceMarch 1756 [1]
Capturedby Britain, 30 January 1761 [1]
Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svgGreat Britain
NameHMS Brune [1]
Acquired1761 [1]
FateSold 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)
Beam34 ft 7.5 in (10.554 m)
Depth of hold10 ft 7.5 in (3.239 m)
Complement220
Armament
  • 32 guns comprising:
  • Gun deck: 26 × 12-pounder guns
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6-pounder guns
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounder guns

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.

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Career

HMS Brune captures Oiseau in 1762 Le HMS Brune capturant l'Oiseau en 1762.jpg
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

  1. Possibly the xebec Renard, recently sold.

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Roche, vol.1, p.88
  2. Troude, vol.1, p.341
  3. Troude, vol.1, p.427

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