French privateer Bellone (1745)
Bellone, was a French privateer. "Bellone" was involved in a naval battle in Loch nan Uamh during the Jacobite rising. She was captured in 1747. She was taken into Royal Navy service as HMS "Bellona" and was sold in 1749. French service. Following the Jacobite defeat at the Battle of Culloden on 16 April 1746, "Bellone" and "Mars" anchored at Loch nan Uamh on 30 April 1746. Upon the approach of the Royal Navy vessels , , and , Captain Claude Lory of "La Bellone" set sail; Captain Antoine Rouillé of "Le Mars" decided to stay at anchor. After  Greyhound attacked "Le Mars", "La Bellone" engaged "HMS Greyhound" and "Bellone" suffered a broken mast after a broadside. "HMS Greyhound" attempted to board "LA Bellone", however after firing two broadsides into "HMS Greyhound", "La Bellone" then disabled "HMS Terror" with a volley. "La Bellone" led "Le Mars" out into the head of Loch nan Uamh where "Le Mars" started her repairs, while "La Bellone" engaged the British ships. "HMS Baltimore", "HMS Greyhound", and "HMS Terror" tried to board the French ships, but were again repelled, "HMS Baltimore"s captain sustaining a head wound. "La Bellone" had her rigging shattered and lost  an anchor and two of her masts. The damaged "HMS Baltimore" then headed for The Minch to get help while "La Bellone" again engaged "HMS Greyhound", causing damage to her main mast and setting fire to her hand grenades. Three Royal Navy ships - , , and – captured "Bellone" on 2 February 1747. English service. "Bellona" was commissioned in May 1747, under the command of Captain Samuel Barrington, who took the "Duke de Chartres" an outbound Indiaman that same year on 17 August 1747. She was sold in 1749 at Deptford for £611.