''Bellone'', was a French privateer. ''Bellone'' was involved in a naval battle in

Loch nan Uamh The Sound of Arisaig Lochaber, Scotland, separates the Arisaig peninsula to the north from the Moidart peninsula to the south. At the eastern, landward end, the sound is divided by Ardnish into two sea lochs. Loch nan Uamh lies to the north of Ard ...

during the

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. She was captured in 1747. She was taken into

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 ...

service as HMS ''Bellona'' and was sold in 1749.

French service

Following the Jacobite defeat at the

Battle of Culloden The Battle of Culloden (; gd, Blàr Chùil Lodair) was the final confrontation of the Jacobite rising of 1745. On 16 April 1746, the Jacobite army of Charles Edward Stuart was decisively defeated by a British government force under Prince Wi ...

on 16 April 1746, ''Bellone'' and ''Mars'' anchored at Loch nan Uamh on 30 April 1746.McKerracher, Mairead. (2012).
Jacobite Dictionary
'. (no page numbers). Neil Wilson Publishing. Upon the approach of the Royal Navy vessels , , and , Captain Claude Lory of ''La Bellone'' set sail; Captain Antoine Rouillé of ''Le Mars'' decided to stay at anchor. After ''Greyhound'' attacked ''Le Mars'', ''La Bellone'' engaged ''HMS Greyhound'' and ''Bellone'' suffered a broken mast after a broadside. ''HMS Greyhound'' attempted to board ''LA Bellone'', however after firing two broadsides into ''HMS Greyhound'', ''La Bellone'' then disabled ''HMS Terror'' with a volley. ''La Bellone'' led ''Le Mars'' out into the head of Loch nan Uamh where ''Le Mars'' started her repairs, while ''La Bellone'' engaged the British ships. ''HMS Baltimore'', ''HMS Greyhound'', and ''HMS Terror'' tried to board the French ships, but were again repelled, ''HMS Baltimore''s captain sustaining a head wound. ''La Bellone'' had her rigging shattered and lost an anchor and two of her masts. The damaged ''HMS Baltimore'' then headed for The Minch to get help while ''La Bellone'' again engaged ''HMS Greyhound'', causing damage to her main mast and setting fire to her hand grenades. Three Royal Navy ships - , , and – captured ''Bellone'' on 2 February 1747.

English service

''Bellona'' was commissioned in May 1747, under the command of Captain

Samuel Barrington Admiral Samuel Barrington (1729 – 16 August 1800) was a Royal Navy officer. Barrington was the fourth son of John Barrington, 1st Viscount Barrington of Beckett Hall at Shrivenham in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). He enlisted in the navy at th ...

, who took the ''Duke de Chartres'' an outbound Indiaman that same year on 17 August 1747. She was sold in 1749 at Deptford for £611.

French service

English service

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