Bonne Citoyenne-class corvette

French service: 200
British service: 155

	HMS Bonne Citoyenne towing the captured Furieuse; a print by Thomas Whitcombe
Class overview
Name	Bonne Citoyenne
Operators	French Navy; Royal Navy;
Planned	4
Completed	4
Retired	4
General characteristics
Type	Corvette in French service; Sixth-rate ship-sloop or frigate in British service;
Tons burthen	514 bm
Length	120 ft (37 m) (overall); 100 ft (30.5 m) (keel);
Beam	31 ft (9.4 m)
Depth of hold	8 ft (2.4 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	French service: 200; British service: 155;
Armament	French service:20 x 8-pounder guns; British service:; Upperdeck: 20 x 32-pounder carronades; Fc: 2 x 9-pounder guns + 2 x 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.

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

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