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At least four vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Belette''. (''Belette'' is French for "weasel".) *HMS ''Belette'' was an 18-26-gun French ''Coquette'' class corvette launched in 1781, surrendered to the British in 1793 by Royalists at Toulon.〔Demerliac (1996), p.74, #467.〕 The British burnt her and on 20 October 1796 at Ajaccio as the two vessels were too unseaworthy to evacuate the island of Corsica in the face of the advancing French troops.〔Hepper (1994), p.82.〕 *HMS ''Belette'' was the French 12-gun brig ''Belliqueuse'' (or ''Belliqueux'') launched in 1793 and sold in 1797 to serve as a privateer. On 16 January 1798 was in company with when they captured the ''Belliqueux'', off the Irish coast. She was pierced for 20 cannon but was armed with fourteen 8-pounder guns and four carronades, and had a crew of 120 men. She was out of St. Malo, and on 11 January had captured His Majesty's packet ''Prince Ernest'', which had been sailing from Tortola. The captain of the packet and all but four of her crew were on board ''Belliqueux''. She was never commissioned and was sold in 1801. * was a ''Cruizer'' class brig-sloop launched in 1806 and wrecked at Laeso in the Kattegat in 1812 with the loss of almost all her crew.〔Gossett (1986), p.86.〕 * was a ''Cruizer'' class brig-sloop launched in 1814 but not completed until 1818. She was sold in 1828. ==Citations== 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 Belette」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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