French brig Belliqueuse (1793)

*Belliqueuse*
History
France
Name	Belliquese
Ordered	15 April 1793
Builder	Michel Colin-Olivier, Dieppe
Laid down	May 1793
Launched	30 December 1793
Captured	January 1798
Great Britain
Name	HMS Belette
Acquired	16 January 1798 by capture
Fate	Sold 1801
General characteristics
Class and type	Belliqueuse-class brig
Displacement	475 tons (French)
Tons burthen	220-280 (French; "of load"); 346 49⁄94 (bm);
Length	104 ft 4+1⁄2 in (31.8 m) (overall); 85 ft 7+1⁄2 in (26.1 m) (keel);
Beam	27 ft 7 in (8.4 m)
Depth of hold	7 ft 5 in (2.3 m)
Sail plan	Brig
Complement	French Navy:6 officers + 110-140 other ranks; Privateer:120; British service:125;
Armament	French Navy; Originally:12 × 12-pounder guns; 1794:6 x 24-pounder + 2 × 8-pounder guns; Privateer:14 × 8-pounder guns + four carronades; British service:20 x 24-pounder carronades;

Belliquese was a French Navy 12-gun brig launched in 1793 as the name-vessel of her class, and sold in 1797 to serve as a privateer. The British Royal Navy captured her in 1798. Though the Royal Navy named her HMS Bellete and took her measurements, it never actually commissioned her; she was sold in 1801.

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