French ship Bellone

Eleven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Bellone, in honour of Bellona:

• (1690–1696), a galley
• (1696–1719), a 32-gun frigate
• (1745–1749), a 30-gun frigate
• (1758–1777), a 32-gun frigate
• (1779–1806), a 32-gun
• (1797–1797), a xebec
• (1807–1817), a 44-gun frigate
• (1808), a ship of unknown type
• Bellone (1814–1840), a 44-gun
• (1853–1877), a 38-gun frigate
• (Q102, 1917–1935), the lead ship of the of submarines

Privateers

Several French privateers also bore the name.

• Bellone, involved in a naval battle in Loch nan Uamh during the Jacobite rising. She was captured in 1747 and taken into Royal Navy service as HMS Bellona and was sold in 1749.
• Bellone, of 34-guns under Jacques François Perroud http://pagesperso-orange.fr/henri.maurel/corsair.htm, which captured the East Indiaman on 14 August 1803 http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval_History/Vol_III/Vol_III_P_196.htm . A painting by Auguste Mayer commemorates the action.

Merchant Vessels

• (1714?-1725), a ship of the French East India Company. The ship sank off Dauphin Island near Mobile in 1725.

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