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} |} HMS ''Babet'' was a 20-gun sixth-rate post ship of the Royal Navy. She had previously been a corvette of the French Navy under the name ''Babet'', until her capture in 1794, during the French Revolutionary Wars. She served with the British, capturing several privateers and other vessels, and was at the Battle of Groix. She disappeared in the Caribbean in 1801, presumably having foundered. ==French career and capture== ''Babet'' was built at Le Havre, one of a two-ship ''Prompte'' class of 20-gun corvettes built to a design by Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb. In the Bay of Biscay, on 18 May 1793, Captain Andrew Snape Douglas's captured her sister, ''Prompte'', which the Royal Navy took into service as HMS ''Prompte''. ''Babet'' was laid down in September 1792, fitted out in May 1793 and launched on 12 December 1793.〔 Her commander from 9 January 1793 to October was ''lieutenant de vaisseau'' Rolland. Rolland's replacement on 23 October was ''enseigne de vaisseau non entretenu'' Pierre-Joseph-Paul Belhomme.〔Fonds, Vol. 1, p.40.〕〔Actually, the rank was "Lieutenant de vaisseau non entretenu", where "non entrentenu" means "not paid", or "without a salary". The rank was that of Lieutenant, but junior to "Lieutenant de vaisseau entretenu". In addition to not being paid, an officer "non entretenu" would wear the uniform and have authority only when on service. There was a fixed number of positions for "entretenus", which required a competitive examination, while there was an unlimited number of "non entretenus", and one could obtain the status by a simple examination or by captaining a merchantman.〕 ''Babet''s French career was brief. Under Belhomme's command she sailed from Havre to Cherbourg via La Hogue. She then cruised the Channel before sailing from Honfleur to Cherbourg, on to Brest, and returning to Cancale.〔〔Fonds, Vol. 1, p.71.〕 She was part of a squadron consisting of two frigates and another corvette that a British squadron under John Borlase Warren engaged off the Île de Batz in the action of 23 April 1794. and captured ''Babet'' and brought her into Portsmouth, arriving on 30 April.〔 The action had cost ''Babet'' some 30 to 40 of her crew killed and wounded. ''Flora'' one man killed and three wounded; ''Arethusa'' had three men killed and five wounded. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Babet (1794)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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