French ship Bellone

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

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Several French privateers also bore the name.

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Bellona may refer to:

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bellona after Bellona, the goddess of war in Roman mythology:

HMS <i>Bellona</i> (1760) Ship of the line of the Royal Navy

HMS Bellona was a 74-gun Bellona-class third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Designed by Sir Thomas Slade, she was a prototype for the iconic 74-gun ships of the latter part of the 18th century. "The design of the Bellona class was never repeated precisely, but Slade experimented slightly with the lines, and the Arrogant, Ramillies, Egmont, and Elizabeth classes were almost identical in size, layout, and structure, and had only slight variations in the shape of the underwater hull. The Culloden-class ship of the line was also similar, but slightly larger. Thus over forty ships were near-sisters of the Bellona." Bellona was built at Chatham, starting on 10 May 1758, launched on 19 February 1760, and commissioned three days later. She was the second ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name, and saw service in the Seven Years' War, American Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars.

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Scarborough, after the town of Scarborough:

Fourteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Roebuck after a small deer native to the British Isles:

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Fourteen ships of the French Navy or the Galley Corps of the Ancien Régime or Empire have borne the name Couronne ("crown"):

Fifteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Minerve, in honour of the Greek goddess Minerva.

French frigate <i>Surveillante</i> (1778)

Surveillante was an Iphigénie-class 32-gun frigate of the French Navy. She took part in the Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War, where she became famous for her battle with HMS Quebec; in 1783, she brought the news that the war was over to America. She later took part in the French Revolutionary Wars, and was eventually scuttled during the Expédition d'Irlande after sustaining severe damage in a storm. The wreck was found in 1979 and is now a memorial.

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fowey, either after the Cornish town of Fowey, or the River Fowey which runs through it, whilst another two were planned:

Many ships of the French Navy have borne the name Néréide, after the Nereid :

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Ten ships of the French Navy have borne the name Junon, in honour of Juno:

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Several French ships have borne the name Courageux, Courageaux, or Courageuse:

Jacques François Perroud was a French privateer, famed for his capture of the large East Indiaman Lord Nelson on 14 August 1803, and for his spirited defence of his 32-gun Bellone against the overwhelming 74-gun ship of the line HMS Powerful during the action of 9 July 1806.

HMS <i>Bellona</i> (1806) French privateer frigate

Bellone was a French privateer frigate that cruised under Jacques François Perroud and achieved fame with the capture of large East Indiaman Lord Nelson on 14 August 1803. HMS Powerful captured her during the action of 9 July 1806. The British Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Bellona. Later, the Navy renamed her HMS Blanche. She was broken up in 1814.

A number of ships and submarines of the French Navy have borne the name Perle ("pearl").

Several ships have been named Bellona or Bellone for the Roman goddess Bellona:

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.
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