HMS Belliqueux (1758)
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Belliqueux was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1756.
She was captured on 2 November 1758 by {{HMS|Antelope|1741|6}} in the Irish Sea.Ships of the Old Navy, "Belliqueux". She was found by Antelope anchored off Ilfracombe, Antelope opened fire but the French ship surrendered without having fired a shot in return. The crew of 500 was captured.{{cite book |first=Sir John |last=Ross |title=Memoirs of Admiral de Saumarez Vol 1}}{{rp|11}}She was taken into the Royal Navy and commissioned as the third rate HMS Belliqueux.
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- from November 1758: captain {{Interlanguage link|Thomas Saumarez (born 1720)|fr|Thomas Saumarez|lt=Thomas Saumarez}}, in the West Indies (quit due to ill health)
- from late 1761: captain Richard Edwards, in the Mediterranean.
Belliqueux was broken up in September 1772.
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- Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. {{ISBN|0-85177-252-8}}.
- Michael Phillips (2007). [http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/info.php?ref=5075 Belliqueux (64) (1758)]. Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
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Category:Ships of the line of the Royal Navy
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