HMS Belliqueux (1758)

Belliqueux was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1756.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Belliqueux.

History
France
Name:	Belliqueux
Launched:	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:	1371​^80⁄94 (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

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]^:11She was taken into the Royal Navy and commissioned as the third rate HMS Belliqueux.

The captains were:[2]

• from November 1758: captain Thomas Saumarez, in the West Indies (quit due to ill health)
• from 1761: captain Richard Edwards, in the Mediterranean.

Belliqueux was broken up in September 1772.

See also

• List of ships captured in the 18th century
• Glossary of nautical terms

Notes

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol.1. p.178.
2. Ships of the Old Navy, "Belliqueux".
3. 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.