Bonne Citoyenne-class corvette

The captured Furieuse is taken in tow by HMS Bonne Citoyenne, a print by Thomas Whitcombe
Class overview
Name:	Bonne Citoyenne
Operators:	French Navy;  Royal Navy
Planned:	4
Completed:	4
Retired:	4
General characteristics [1]
Type:	Corvette in French service Sixth-rate ship-sloop or frigate in British service
Tonnage:	514 bm
Length:	120 ft (37 m) (overall) 100 ft (30.5 m) (keel)
Beam:	31 ft (9.4 m)
Depth of hold:	8 ft (2.4 m)
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Complement:	French service: 200 British service: 155
Armament:	French service:20 x 8-pounder guns British service: Upperdeck: 20 x 32-pounder carronades Fc: 2 x 9-pounder guns + 2 x 12-pounder carronades

The four Bonne Citoyenne-class corvettes were built to a design by Raymond-Antoine Hasan. All members of the class were flush-decked, but with a long topgallant forecastle. The corvettes were launched between 1794 and 1796, and the Royal Navy captured all four between 1796 and 1798.^[1]

After the Royal Navy captured Bonne Citoyenne, the Admiralty used her lines as the basis for the Hermes-class post ships.

Ships

• Bonne Citoyenne, launched 1794, captured 1796 and as HMS Bonne Citoyenne; sold 1819.
• Perçante, launched 1795, captured 1796 and renamed HMS Jamaica; sold 1814.
• Vaillante, launched 1796, captured 1798 and renamed HMS Danae, returned to French control by mutineers in 1801 and renamed Vaillante; sold 1801.
• Gaieté, launched in 1797, captured the same year and commissioned as HMS Gaiete (also Gayette); sold in 1808.

Sources and references

Sources

References

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005) Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la Flotte de Guerre Française de Colbert à nos Jours. (Group Retozel-Maury Millau).
• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.