French ship Bellone

Eleven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Bellone, in honour of Bellona:

Bellone (1690–1696), a galley
Bellone (1696–1719), a 32-gun frigate
Bellone (1745–1749), a 30-gun frigate
Bellone (1758–1777), a 32-gun frigate
Bellone (1779–1806), a 32-gun Iphigénie-class frigate
Bellone (1797–1797), a xebec
Bellone (1807–1817), a 44-gun frigate
Bellone (1808), a ship of unknown type
Bellone (1814–1840), a 44-gun Hortense-class frigate
Bellone (1853–1877), a 38-gun frigate
Bellone (Q102, 1917–1935), the lead ship of the Bellone class of submarines

Privateers[edit]

Several French privateers also bore the name.

Bellone, involved in a naval battle in Loch nan Uamh during the Jacobite rising. She was captured in 1747 and taken into Royal Navy service as HMS Bellona and was sold in 1749.
Bellone, of 34-guns under Jacques François Perroud [1], which captured the East Indiaman Lord Nelson on 14 August 1803 [2]. A painting by Auguste Mayer commemorates the action.

Capture of Lord Nelson by Bellone
Painting by Auguste Mayer

Merchant Vessels[edit]

Bellone (1714?-1725), a ship of the French East India Company. The ship sank off Dauphin Island near Mobile in 1725.^[1]

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References[edit]

^ Krivor, Michael C.; de Bry, John; Linville, Nicholas J.; Wells, Debra J. (2011). "Archival Investigations for Potential Colonial-Era Shipwrecks in Ultra-Deepwater within the Gulf of Mexico" (PDF). New Orleans: U.S. Department of the Interior.

[1] Krivor, Michael C.; de Bry, John; Linville, Nicholas J.; Wells, Debra J. (2011). "Archival Investigations for Potential Colonial-Era Shipwrecks in Ultra-Deepwater within the Gulf of Mexico" (PDF). New Orleans: U.S. Department of the Interior.

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