HMS Marie Antoinette (1793)

History
France
Name	Marie Antoinette
Namesake	Marie Antoinette, Queen of France
Fate	Requisitioned 1793 at Saint-Domingue
France
Name	Convention Nationale
Acquired	By requisition 1793
Captured	By a squadron under Commodore John Ford at Môle-Saint-Nicolas in September 1793
Great Britain
Name	HMS Marie Antoinette
Fate	Crew mutinied and took her to a French port in the West Indies on 27 December 1797
General characteristics
Class and type	10-gun schooner
Tons burthen	French:c. 150 (French; of load); British:187 bm;
Length	French:80' (French); British:85 ft 5 in (26.04 m);
Beam	French: 21'7" (French); British:23 ft 0 in (7.01 m);
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Two-masted schooner
Complement	50
Armament	French service: 10 x 6 and 4-pounder guns; British service: 10 x 4-pounder guns;

HMS Marie Antoinette was a 10-gun two-masted sloop. She was built in France and was originally called Marie Antoinette. During the French Revolution, she was rerequisitoned and renamed Convention Nationale. A British squadron under Commodore Ford captured her in 1793. The Royal Navy took her into service under her original name, Marie Antoinette. She took part in operations around Saint-Domingue until her crew mutinied in 1797 and carried her into a French port. Her subsequent fate is unknown.

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