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HMS Belliqueux (1758)

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HMS Belliqueux (1758)
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Belliqueux was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1756.

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She was captured on 2 November 1758 by HMS Antelope in the Irish Sea.[2] She was found by Antelope anchored off Ilfracombe, Antelope opened fire but the French ship surrendered without having fired a shot in return. The crew of 500 was captured.[3]:11She was taken into the Royal Navy and commissioned as the third rate HMS Belliqueux.

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Belliqueux at Roseau, Dominica on 6 June 1761

The captains were:[2]

  • from November 1758: captain Thomas Saumarez [fr], in the West Indies (quit due to ill health)
  • from late 1761: captain Richard Edwards, in the Mediterranean.

Belliqueux was broken up in September 1772.

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