HMS Belliqueux (1758)
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| Career (France) |  |
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| Name: | Belliqueux |
| Launched: | 1756 |
| Captured: | 2 November 1758, by Royal Navy |
| Career (Great Britain) |  |
| Name: | HMS Belliqueux |
| Acquired: | 2 November 1758 |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1772 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | 64-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1372 tons (1394 tonnes) |
| Length: | 157 ft 10½ in (48.1 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 44 ft 10½ in (13.7 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 19 ft 10 in (6.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 64 guns of various weights of shot |
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Belliqueux and French ship Belliqueux.
Belliqueux was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1756.
She was captured on 2 November 1758 by HMS Antelope in the Irish Sea.[2] She was taken into the Royal Navy and commissioned as the third rate HMS Belliqueux.
Belliqueux was broken up in 1772.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1. p178.
[edit] References
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
- Michael Phillips. Belliqueux (64) (1758). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 24 November 2007.
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