French ship Bellone

Eleven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Bellone, in honour of Bellona:

• Bellone (1690–1696), a galley
• Bellone (1696–1719), a 32-gun frigate
• Bellone (1745–1749), a 30-gun frigate
• Bellone (1758–1777), a 32-gun frigate
• Bellone (1779–1806), a 32-gun Iphigénie-class frigate
• Bellone (1797–1797), a xebec
• Bellone (1807–1817), a 44-gun frigate
• Bellone (1808), a ship of unknown type
• Bellone (1814–1840), a 44-gun Hortense-class frigate
• Bellone (1853–1877), a 38-gun frigate
• Bellone (Q102, 1917–1935), the lead ship of the Bellone class of submarines

Privateers

Several French privateers also bore the name.

• Bellone, involved in a naval battle in Loch nan Uamh during the Jacobite rising. She was captured in 1747 and taken into Royal Navy service as HMS Bellona and was sold in 1749.
• Bellone, of 34-guns under Jacques François Perroud , which captured the East Indiaman Lord Nelson on 14 August 1803 Archived 2006-11-06 at the Wayback Machine . A painting by Auguste Mayer commemorates the action.

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  Capture of Lord Nelson by Bellone
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  Painting by Auguste Mayer

Merchant Vessels

• Bellone (1714?-1725), a ship of the French East India Company. The ship sank off Dauphin Island near Mobile in 1725. ^[1]

References

1. Krivor, Michael C.; de Bry, John; Linville, Nicholas J.; Wells, Debra J. (2011). "Archival Investigations for Potential Colonial-Era Shipwrecks in Ultra-Deepwater within the Gulf of Mexico" (PDF). New Orleans: U.S. Department of the Interior.