HMS Belliqueux (1758)
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Belliqueux was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1756.
She was captured on 2 November 1758 by Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". in the Irish Sea.[1] 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.[2]Template:RpShe was taken into the Royal Navy and commissioned as the third rate HMS Belliqueux.
The captains were:[1]
- from November 1758: captain Template:Interlanguage link, 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.
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- Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. Template:ISBN.
- Michael Phillips (2007). Belliqueux (64) (1758). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 2009-06-15.