Bonne Citoyenne-class corvette
 The captured Furieuse is taken in tow by HMS Bonne Citoyenne, a print by Thomas Whitcombe | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Bonne Citoyenne |
| Operators: |
 French Navy;  Royal Navy |
| Planned: | 4 |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Retired: | 4 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type: | Corvette in French service Sixth-rate ship-sloop or frigate in British service |
| Tonnage: | 514 bm |
| Length: | 120 ft (37 m) (overall) 100 ft (30.5 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement: | French service: 200 British service: 155 |
| Armament: | French service:20 x 8-pounder guns British service: |
The four Bonne Citoyenne-class corvettes were built to a design by Raymond-Antoine Hasan. All members of the class were flush-decked, but with a long topgallant forecastle. The corvettes were launched between 1794 and 1796, and the Royal Navy captured all four between 1796 and 1798.[1]
After the Royal Navy captured Bonne Citoyenne, the Admiralty used her lines as the basis for the Hermes-class post ships.
Ships
- Bonne Citoyenne, launched 1794, captured 1796 and as HMS Bonne Citoyenne; sold 1819.
- Perçante, launched 1795, captured 1796 and renamed HMS Jamaica; sold 1814.
- Vaillante, launched 1796, captured 1798 and renamed HMS Danae, returned to French control by mutineers in 1801 and renamed Vaillante; sold 1801.
- Gaieté, launched in 1797, captured the same year and commissioned as HMS Gaiete (also Gayette); sold in 1808.
Sources and references
- Sources
References
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005) Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la Flotte de Guerre Française de Colbert à nos Jours. (Group Retozel-Maury Millau).
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.