HMS ''Athenienne'' was a brig, probably a French privateer that the

French Navy The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in t ...

requisitioned circa April 1796, but that the British captured off Barbados and commissioned later that year before selling her in 1802. On 3 May 1796 captured the French corvette ''Athénienne'' off Barbados at after a 14-hour long chase. ''Athénienne'' was armed with 14 guns and had a crew of 83 men under the command of ''lieutenant de vaisseau'' Gervais. She had thrown 10 of her guns overboard during the chase. The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS ''Athénienne''.

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