HMS Marie Antoinette (1793)
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Marie Antoinette |
| Namesake | Marie Antoinette, Queen of France |
| Fate | Requisitioned 1793 at Saint-Domingue |
| France | |
| Name | Convention Nationale |
| Acquired | By requisition 1793 |
| Captured | By a squadron under Commodore John Ford at Môle-Saint-Nicolas in September 1793 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Marie Antoinette |
| Fate | Crew mutinied and took her to a French port in the West Indies on 27 December 1797 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | 10-gun schooner |
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| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Two-masted schooner |
| Complement | 50 |
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HMS Marie Antoinette was a 10-gun two-masted sloop. She was built in France and was originally called Marie Antoinette. During the French Revolution, she was rerequisitoned and renamed Convention Nationale. A British squadron under Commodore Ford captured her in 1793. The Royal Navy took her into service under her original name, Marie Antoinette. She took part in operations around Saint-Domingue until her crew mutinied in 1797 and carried her into a French port. Her subsequent fate is unknown.