Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
History
France
Name Belliqueux
Namesake Belliqueux is french for Belligerent or Warlike
Launched August 1756
Captured 2 November 1758, by Royal Navy
Great Britain
Name HMS Belliqueux
Acquired 2 November 1758
Fate Broken up, September 1772
General characteristics [ 1]
Class and type 64-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen 137180 ⁄94 (bm )
Length 157 ft 10+ 1 ⁄2 in (48.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam 44 ft 10+ 1 ⁄2 in (13.7 m)
Depth of hold 19 ft 10 in (6.05 m)
Propulsion Sails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament 64 guns of various weights of shot
Belliqueux was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy , launched in 1756.
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
^ Lavery, Ships of the Line , vol.1. p.178.
^ a b Ships of the Old Navy , "Belliqueux".
^ 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.