HMS Bonne Citoyenne (1796)
The captured Furieuse is taken in tow to Halifax, Nova Scotia by HMS Bonne Citoyenne, a print by Thomas Whitcombe
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| Launched: | 1794 |
| Captured: | By the Royal Navy on 10 March 1796 |
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| Name: | HMS Bonne Citoyenne |
| Acquired: | by capture 10 March 1796 |
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| Fate: | Sold on 3 February 1819 |
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| Class and type: | Bonne Citoyenne-class corvette |
| Tons burthen: | 511 4⁄94 (bm) |
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| Beam: | 30 ft 11 in (9.4 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 8 ft 7 in (2.6 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
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Bonne Citoyenne was a 20-gun corvette of the French Navy launched in 1794, the name ship of a four-vessel class. She was part of the French fleet active in the Bay of Biscay and English Channel. The Royal Navy captured her in 1796, commissioning her as the sloop-of-war HMS Bonne Citoyenne.
Under British command she served in the Mediterranean, including at the Battle of Cape St Vincent. She was taken out of service in 1803 but returned following refitting in 1808, then serving in the Atlantic. Her most famous action was the capture of the much larger French frigate Furieuse on 6 July 1809, for which her crew earned the Naval General Service Medal. The later part of her career was spent in South America. Her design was used as the basis for the Hermes-class post ships. She was laid up in 1815, and sold in 1819.
Bonne Citoyenne (French for 'good citizen') was built and launched in 1794, put into service in 1795 and served in the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay.
On 4 March she left Rochfort under the command of Capitaine de vaisseau Mahé-La Bourdonnais. She was in the company of the French frigates Forte, Seine, and Regenerée, and the brig Mutine. They were sailing for the Île de France with troops and Bonne Citoyenne also had a great deal of soldiers' clothing on board.
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