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 | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Athénienne |
| Acquired | April 1796 |
| Captured | May 1796 |
 Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Athenienne |
| Acquired | May 1796 by capture |
| Fate | Sold 1802 |
| General characteristics [1][2] | |
| Tons burthen | 150, or 202 (bm) |
| Armament | 14 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 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
edit- ^ Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 213.
- ^ Winfield (2008), p. 336.
- ^ Demerliac (1999), p. 97, n°596.
- ^ Roche (2005), p. 55.
- ^ "No. 13912". The London Gazette. 16 July 1796. p. 682.
References
edit- 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.