French privateer Bellone (1745)
Bellone, was a French privateer. Bellone was involved in a naval battle in Loch nan Uamh during the Jacobite rising. She was captured in 1747. She was taken into Royal Navy service as HMS Bellona and was sold in 1749.
HMS Bellona (left) captures the Duc de Chartres, 18 August 1747, by Dominic Serres | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Bellone |
| Namesake | Bellona (goddess) |
| Builder | Nantes |
| Laid down | 1744 |
| Launched | January 1745 |
| Fate | Captured in 1747 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Bellona |
| Acquired | 1747 |
| Commissioned | May 1747 |
| Fate | Sold in 1749 |
| General characteristics | |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Sail plan | ship-rigged |
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