HMS Abeille (1796)
| Career (France) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Bonnet Rouge |
| Ordered: | 18 May 1793[1] |
| Builder: | Saint Malo |
| Laid down: | June 1793 |
| Launched: | October 1793 |
| Commissioned: | 12 November 1793 |
| Renamed: | Abeille (1796) |
| Captured: | May 1796 |
| Career |  |
| Name: | HMS Abeille |
| Acquired: | 2 May 1796 by capture |
| Fate: | Broken up 1798[2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Armament: | 14 x 4-pounder guns (when captured) |
HMS Abeille was a 14-gun cutter of the Royal Navy. Dryad captured Abeille on 2 May 1796. She was broken up in 1798. So far, she has been the only commissioned warship in the Royal Navy to be named Abeille.
[edit] French service and capture
Between March and July 1795, while under the command of Ensigne de Vaiseau Denis, she cruised between Brest and Loctudy, and return. She then cruised in the Gulf of Gascony with the division under the command of Contre-Admiral Vence.[1] She also participated in the First Battle of Groix in June 1795.
In 1796 she was renamed Abeille. Under the command of Lieutenant de Vaisseau Denis-Lagarde, she was stationed at the Île de Batz.[1]
On 2 May 1796, while Dryad was under acting Commander John Pullin, she captured the 14-gun cutter Abeille some 16 or 17 leagues off The Lizard.[3] She was three days out of Brest and had not taken anything. The Royal Navy took her into service under her existing name.
[edit] Fate
There is no record that she ever actually served in the Royal Navy. She was broken up in 1798.[2]
[edit] References
- Citations
- ^ a b c Roche (2005), p.2.
- ^ a b Winfield (2008), p.356.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 13891. p. 449. 10 May 1796.
- Bibliography
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005) Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la Flotte de Guerre Française de Colbert à nos Jours. (Group Retozel-Maury Millau).
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1861762461.
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