For other ships of the same name, see HMS Belliqueux.
| HMS Belliqueux (1780) | |
|---|---|
| Career (UK) |  |
| Name: | HMS Belliqueux |
| Ordered: | 19 February 1778 |
| Builder: | Perry, Blackwall Yard |
| Laid down: | June 1778 |
| Launched: | 5 June 1780 |
| Honours and awards: |
Participated in: |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1816 |
| Notes: | Prison ship from 1814 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class & type: | Ardent-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1379 Long ton (1401.1 tonnes) |
| Length: | 160 ft (49 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 44 ft 4 in (13.51 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: |
64 guns:
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HMS Belliqueux (Eng. warlike) was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 5 June 1780 at Blackwall Yard, London.[1] She was named after the French ship Belliqueux captured in 1758.
In 1781 Belliqueux took part at the Battle of Fort Royal, and in 1782 she was at the Battle of the Saintes.
At the Action of 4 August 1800, Belliqueux captured the French frigate Concorde.
Philip Dundas, Lieutenant-Governor of Penang died on-board on 8 April 1807, while the Belliqueux was in the Bay of Bengal.[2]
Belliqueux was employed as a prison ship from 1814, and was broken up in 1816.[1]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lavery 2003, p. 181.
- ↑ Wedderburn 1898, p. 293.
References[]
- Lavery, Brian (2003). "The Ship of the Line: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850". Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
- Wedderburn, Alexander Dundas Ogilvy (1898). "Wedderburn book: a history of the Wedderburns in the counties of Berwick, and Forfar, designed of Wedderburn, Kingennie, Ester Powrie, Blackness, Balindean, and Gosford; and their younger branches; together with some account of other families of the name, 1296-1896". Printed for private circulation. p. 293.
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