HMS Athenienne was a brig, probably a French privateer that the French Navy requisitioned circa April 1796,[3][4] but that the British captured off Barbados and commissioned later that year before selling her in 1802.

History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameAthénienne
AcquiredApril 1796
CapturedMay 1796
Great Britain
NameHMS Athenienne
AcquiredMay 1796 by capture
FateSold 1802
General characteristics [1][2]
Tons burthen150, or 202 (bm)
Armament14 guns

On 3 May 1796 HMS Albacore captured the French corvette Athénienne off Barbados at 14°42′N 47°39′W / 14.700°N 47.650°W / 14.700; -47.650 after a 14-hour long chase. Athénienne was armed with 14 guns and had a crew of 83 men under the command of lieutenant de vaisseau Gervais. She had thrown 10 of her guns overboard during the chase. The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Athénienne.[5]

Citations

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  1. ^ Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 213.
  2. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 336.
  3. ^ Demerliac (1999), p. 97, n°596.
  4. ^ Roche (2005), p. 55.
  5. ^ "No. 13912". The London Gazette. 16 July 1796. p. 682.

References

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  • Demerliac, Alain (1999). "2850: Athénienne". La Marine de la Révolution: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1792 à 1799 (in French). Éditions Ancre. p. 304. ISBN 2-906381-24-1.
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 55. 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.