French frigate Brune (1755)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Brune.

HMS Brune in 1762, during the Seven Years' War. From a painting by John Cleveley the Elder
History
France
Name	Brune
Namesake	Brune river
Builder	Le Havre, plans by Jean-Joseph Ginoux[1]
Laid down	September 1754[1]
Launched	7 September 1755[1]
In service	March 1756[1]
Captured	by Britain, 30 January 1761[1]
Great Britain
Name	HMS Brune[1]
Acquired	1761[1]
Fate	Sold on 2 October 1792[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	Blonde-class frigate[1]
Length	109 ft 0 in (33.22 m) (gundeck) 131 ft 2 in (39.98 m) (overall)
Beam	34 ft 7.5 in (10.554 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 7.5 in (3.239 m)
Complement	220
Armament	32 guns comprising: Gun deck: 26 × 12-pounder guns Quarterdeck: 4 × 6-pounder guns Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounder guns

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 the 32-gun HMS Brune, she served until 1792.

Career

HMS Brune captures Oiseau in 1762

Brune was ordered in January 1753, and 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

1. Possibly the xebec Renard, recently sold.

Citations

1. Roche, vol.1, p.88
2. Troude, vol.1, p.341
3. Troude, vol.1, p.427

References

• 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.

External links

• Media related to HMS Brune (ship, 1761) at Wikimedia Commons