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]
 HMS Bonne Citoyenne towing the captured Furieuse; a print by Thomas Whitcombe
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Bonne Citoyenne |
| Operators | |
| Planned | 4 |
| Completed | 4 |
| Retired | 4 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
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| Tons burthen | 514 bm |
| Length |
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| Beam | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Depth of hold | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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After the Royal Navy captured Bonne Citoyenne, the Admiralty used her lines as the basis for the Hermes-class post ships.
Ships
edit- Bonne Citoyenne: launched 1794, captured 1796; 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 on March 14, 1800, and renamed Vaillante; sold 1801.
- Gaieté, launched in 1797, captured the same year and commissioned as HMS Gaiete (also Gayette); sold in 1808.
Citations
edit- ^ a b Winfield (2008), p. 233.
References
edit- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.
- Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2015). French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786–1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2.