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Bonne Citoyenne-class corvette
Plan of Bonne Citoyenne made after her capture
Class overview
NameBonne Citoyenne
Operators
Planned4
Completed4
Retired4
General characteristics [1]
Type
Tons burthen514 bm
Length
  • 120 ft (37 m) (overall)
  • 100 ft (30.5 m) (keel)
Beam31 ft (9.4 m)
Depth of hold8 ft (2.4 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement
  • French service: 200
  • British service: 155
Armament
  • French service: 20 × 8-pounder guns
  • British service:
  • Upper deck: 20 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 12-pounder carronades

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]

After the Royal Navy captured Bonne Citoyenne, the Admiralty used her lines as the basis for the Hermes-class post ships.

Ships

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  • 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.

Citations

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  1. ^ a b Winfield (2008), p. 233.

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