HMS Bonetta (1798)

	Plans and elevation of Huit Amis as recorded in British sources after her capture
History
France
Name	Huit Amis
Namesake	"Eight friends"
Builder	Bordeaux
Launched	1798
Captured	10 May 1798
Great Britain
Name	HMS Bonetta
Namesake	Atlantic bonito
Acquired	May 1798 by capture
Commissioned	August 1798
Fate	Wrecked 25 October 1801
General characteristics
Tons burthen	34770⁄94 (bm)
Length	Overall:103 ft 1 in (31.4 m); Keel:85 ft 5 in (26.0 m);
Beam	27 ft 8 in (8.4 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 0+1⁄2 in (4.0 m)
Complement	Privateer: 160; Royal Navy: 121;
Armament	Privateer: 18 × 6–pounder guns + two smaller guns; Royal Navy:18 × 6-pounder guns;

HMS Bonetta was the French privateer Huit Amis, launched at Bordeaux in 1798 that the British Royal Navy captured in May. In her brief naval career she captured a number of small prizes, one of them a 2-gun privateer. Bonetta was wrecked in 1801.

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