HMS Marianne

Four vessels have served the British Royal Navy under the name Marianne, though it is not clear that all were commissioned.

Towing the Marianne, a water-logged barque registered in Falmouth, into Queenstown Harbour, Illustrated Times 1859

• Marianne was a storeship purchased in 1788 and listed until 1793.
• Marianne was the French transport Marianne of 12 guns. The French Navy acquired her in 1798 and the squadron of Commodore Sir Sidney Smith captured her off Syria on 1 March 1799, The French recaptured her in March, but the British recaptured her in November. She was sold in September 1801. ^[1]
• Marianne was a Spanish 10-gun schooner that HMS Swift captured in 1805 and used as a ship's tender. She was still listed in 1806. ^[2]
• Marianne was a slave ship of 460 tons (bm), that HMS Styx and Jasper captured on 22 March 1858, ^[3] and that the Navy purchased in 1859. From 1860 she served at Jamaica as a receiving ship and lazaretto. In February 1864 she was ordered broken up; she was broken up in 1867.

Citations

1. Winfield (2008), p.337.
2. Colledge & Wardlow (2006), p.228.
3. "No. 22395". The London Gazette . 15 June 1860. p. 2272.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN   978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC   67375475.
• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN   978-1-86176-246-7.