French corvette Bayonnaise (1793)

*Bayonnaise*
	Bayonnaise (left) ramming into HMS Ambuscade
History
France
Name	Bayonnaise
Namesake	Bayonne
Builder	Bastiat, Dufouc, & Fils, Bayonne
Laid down	March 1793
Launched	September 1793
Commissioned	March 1794
Fate	Destroyed by her crew on 28 November 1803
General characteristics
Displacement	580 tons (French)
Tons burthen	c.400 (bm)
Length	38 m (125 ft)
Beam	10 m (33 ft)
Draught	5 m (16 ft)
Propulsion	Sails
Complement	172-386, or 220
Armament	Originally: 24 × 8-pounder long guns + 4 × 4-pounder obusiers; By illustration:24 × long 8-pounders + 4 swivel guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades; En flute: 6 × 8-pounder guns;

Bayonnaise was a 24-gun corvette of the French Navy, launched in 1793. She became famous for her capture of HMS Ambuscade on 14 December 1798. Her crew destroyed Bayonnaise in November 1803 to prevent her capture.

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