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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Brune.
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Scale model of Vestale, sister-ship of Brune, display at the Musée de la Marine in Toulon
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameBrune
NamesakeBrune river
BuilderLe Havre, plans by Jean-Joseph Ginoux[1]
Laid downSeptember 1754[1]
Launched7 September 1755[1]
In serviceMarch 1756[1]
Capturedby Britain, 30 January 1761[1]
History
Royal Navy EnsignUK
NameHMS Brune[1]
Acquired1761[1]
FateSold on 2 October 1792[1]
General characteristics
Class and typeBlonde class[1]
Armamentlist error: mixed text and list (help)
30 guns:[1]
ArmourTimber

The Brune was a Blonde class 30-gun frigate of the French Navy. She took part in the naval battles of the Seven Year War, and was captured by the British. Recommissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Brune, she served until 1792.

Career

Brune was ordered in January 1753, ans named on 7 January 1753.[1] In 1757, she served in a squadron under Rear-admiral Beaufremont to ferry troops to Saint-Domingue.[2]

She served as a coast-guard until August 1758, when she was decommissioned.[1]

On 18 March, she was recommissioned in Brest. On 30 January 1762, she was captured by the frigates HMS Venus and HMS Juno, after a two-hour fight.[1][3]

Recommissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Brune, she captured the French frigate Oiseau on 23 October 1762.[1]

In 1780, she captured a French ship Renard[Note 1][1]

She was sold on 2 October 1792.[1]

Notes and References

Notes

  1. ^ Possibly the xebec Renard, recently sold.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Roche, vol.1, p.88
  2. ^ Troude, vol.1, p.341
  3. ^ Troude, vol.1, p.427

Bibliography

  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 88. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). Vol. 1. Challamel ainé.
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