Английская Википедия:French corvette Betzy (1793)
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsBetzy was the Channel Islands brig Betsey that the Шаблон:Ship captured in May 1793, that the French Navy took into service, and that the Royal Navy recaptured in 1796.
Career
One source describes Betzy/Betsy as a Guernsey privateer,Шаблон:Sfnp and another source refers to her as a Jersey privateer.Шаблон:Sfnp A British privateer captain aboard Sémillante described her as a Guernsey privateer of 10 guns and 55 men. The date of the capture was 22 May 1793.Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Efn
The French Navy put Betzy into service in July. In August she was under the command of enseigne de vaisseau Conseil and sailed to Brest. From February to May 1795 The Navy employed her as a convoy escort between Brest and Lorient. She was based at Audierne. She was under the command of enseigne de vaisseau Kerimel on 12 June 1796 when Шаблон:HMS captured her off Ushant.Шаблон:Sfnp
Amazon was part of a frigate squadron under the command of Captain Sir Edward Pellew in Шаблон:HMS. The squadron sighted two French navy corvettes about eight leagues of Ushant and after a 24-hour chase succeeded in capturing both. One was Blonde, of ten guns and 95 men, and the other was Trois Couleurs, of ten guns and 70 men. They were provisioned for a six-week cruise, and two days out of Brest but had captured nothing.[1] Amazon shared the prize money with the rest of the squadron. The prize money notice referred to "La Blonde, alias Le Betsey".[2]
The Royal Navy did not take Betsey into service.Шаблон:Sfnp
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