HMS Belliqueux (1758)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Belliqueux.

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

History
France
Name	Belliqueux
Namesake	Belliqueux is french for Belligerent or Warlike
Launched	August 1756
Captured	2 November 1758, by Royal Navy
Great Britain
Name	HMS Belliqueux
Acquired	2 November 1758
Fate	Broken up, September 1772
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	64-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	137180⁄94 (bm)
Length	157 ft 10+1⁄2 in (48.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam	44 ft 10+1⁄2 in (13.7 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft 10 in (6.05 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	64 guns of various weights of shot

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.

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.

See also

• List of ships captured in the 18th century

Citations

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol.1. p.178.
2. Ships of the Old Navy, "Belliqueux".
3. Ross, Sir John. Memoirs of Admiral de Saumarez Vol 1.

References

• Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
• Michael Phillips (2007). Belliqueux (64) (1758). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 2009-06-15.