British Sixth Rate gunboat 'Bellona' (1806)

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Bellona ➡ 1809 Blanche			3282
Nominal Guns	28
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Royal Navy
Captured	9.7.1806
Shipyard	Unknown
Category	Sixth Rate
Ship Type	Gunboat
Broken Up	1814

DatesRankNameSource
1806 - 27.12.1808Acting LieutenantNBD184927.12.1808 - 1808LieutenantNBD1849

DatesRatingNameSource
1806 - 9.1807MidshipmanNBD18491810 - 2.1811MidshipmanNBD1849

DateEventSource
1809Renamed BlancheB028
12.1811Took the Privateer ref:692

IDNameAuthorType

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

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Posted by Tim Oakley on Thursday 12th of September 2019 19:08

9 Jul 1806 Powerful74 Captain Robert Plampin and Rattlesnake took the French privateer La Bellone Corsaire Captain Jean Baptiste Castaing off Ceylon

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