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]
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.
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