HMS Bellona (1806)
Capture of Lord Nelson on 14 August 1803.
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| Name: | Bellone |
| Builder: | Bordeaux |
| Launched: | 1799 |
| Captured: | On 9 July 1806 by the Royal Navy |
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| Name: | HMS Bellona |
| Acquired: | Captured on 9 July 1806 |
| Renamed: | HMS Blanche in February 1808 |
| Fate: | Broken up in 1814 |
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| Class and type: | 28-gun sixth rate frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 642 85⁄94 bm |
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| Beam: | 33 ft 7 in (10.24 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 11 ft 4 in (3.45 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Complement: | 200 |
| Armament: | 28 guns |
Bellone was a French privateer frigate that cruised under Jacques François Perroud and achieved fame with the capture of large East Indiaman Lord Nelson on 14 August 1803. HMS Powerful captured her during the Action of 9 July 1806. The British Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Bellona. Later, the Nay renamed her HMS Blanche. She was broken up in 1814.
Bellone was designed as a powerful privateer, armed with thirty-two 8-pounder long guns and a crew of 200 men. She operated from Ile de France from 1801.
In April 1801 she sailed on a cruize under the command of Jacques François Perroud. On his cruise he captured Amboina, Porcher, Tay, Saleh, John, Traveed, Farquhar, Mage, Pedro, and Farquhar. On 3 April 1802 she returned to Port Louis. Farquhar had arrived the day before. Farquhar had a cargo of saltpetre, rice, cotton, sugar, indigo, Madeira wine, and muslin.
On 9 August 1803, Bellone captured Diamond as Diamond was returning to England after having delivered slaves to Havana. However, HMS Goliath recaptured Diamond on 12 August and sent her into The Downs.
On 14 August Bellone met the large East Indiaman Lord Nelson and managed to capture her by boarding.
Bellone captured the whaler Young William near the Cape of Good Hope later in 1805, but gave her up.
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