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HMS Belliqueux (1758)
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Belliqueux was a 64-gun ship of the line
Ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...
of the French Navy
French Navy
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, launched in 1756.
She was captured on 2 November 1758 by in the Irish Sea
Irish Sea
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. She was taken into the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
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and commissioned as the third rate HMS Belliqueux.
The captains were:
- from November 1758: captain Thomas Saumarez, in the West Indies (quit due to ill health)
- from 1761: captain Richard Edwards, in the Mediterranean.
Belliqueux was broken up in September 1772.