Bonne Citoyenne-class corvette

HMS Bonne Citoyenne towing the captured Furieuse; 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
Tons burthen	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 × 8-pounder guns British service: Upper deck: 20 × 32-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 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.

• Bonne Citoyenne: launched 1794, captured 1796; 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 on March 14, 1800, and renamed Vaillante; sold 1801.
• Gaieté, launched in 1797, captured the same year and commissioned as HMS Gaiete (also Gayette); sold in 1808.

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