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
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captured all four between 1796 and 1798.
After the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...
captured ''Bonne Citoyenne'', the Admiralty used her lines as the basis for the
''Hermes''-class post ships.
Ships
*: launched 1794, captured 1796; as HMS ''Bonne Citoyenne'' sold 1819.
*: launched 1795, captured 1796 and renamed HMS ''Jamaica''; sold 1814.
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''Vaillante'', launched 1796, captured 1798 and renamed HMS ''Danae'', returned to French control by mutineers in 1801 and renamed ''Vaillante''; sold 1801.
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''Gaieté'', launched in 1797, captured the same year and commissioned as HMS ''Gaiete'' (also ''Gayette''); sold in 1808.
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Corvette classes
Ships built in France
Captured ships