HMS_Belliqueux_(1758)

HMS <i>Belliqueux</i> (1758)

HMS Belliqueux (1758)

Ship of the line of the Royal Navy

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Belliqueux.

Belliqueux was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1756.

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She was captured on 2 November 1758 by HMS Antelope in the Irish Sea.[2] She was found by Antelope anchored off Ilfracombe, Antelope opened fire but the French ship surrendered without having fired a shot in return. The crew of 500 was captured.[3]: 11 She was taken into the Royal Navy and commissioned as the third rate HMS Belliqueux.

Belliqueux at Roseau, Dominica on 6 June 1761

The captains were:[2]

  • from November 1758: captain Thomas Saumarez [fr], in the West Indies (quit due to ill health)
  • from late 1761: captain Richard Edwards, in the Mediterranean.

Belliqueux was broken up in September 1772.

See also

Citations

  1. [1]
    Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol.1. p.178.
  2. [2]
    Ships of the Old Navy, "Belliqueux".
  3. [3]
    Ross, Sir John. Memoirs of Admiral de Saumarez Vol 1.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
  • Michael Phillips (2007). Belliqueux (64) (1758). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 2009-06-15.


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