HMS Oiseau
Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Oiseau, after the French for bird:
- HMS Oiseau, a 26-gun sixth rate captured from France on 23 October 1762 by HMS Brune in the Mediterranean.
- HMS Oiseau, a 32-gun fifth rate captured from France on 31 January 1779 by HMS Apollo and sold on 19 June 1783.
- HMS Oiseau, a 36-gun fifth rate originally the French frigate Cléopâtre, which HMS Nymphe captured on 18 January 1793.[1] Oiseau was converted to a prison ship in 1806 and sold on 18 September 1816.
Notes
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 13539. pp. 517–518. 18 June 1793.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.