French frigate Mignonne (1767)

History
France
Name	Mignonne[a]
Namesake	"Pretty"
Ordered	5 August 1765
Builder	Toulon Dockyard; constructeur: Claude Saussillon
Laid down	October 1765
Launched	26 April 1767
Captured	10 August 1794
Great Britain
Name	Mignonne
Acquired	10 August 1794 by capture
Fate	Burnt July 1797
General characteristics [2][1]
Type	Frigate
Displacement	880 tons (French)
Tons burthen	684 (bm)
Length	38.98 m (127.9 ft) (overall) 35.08 m (115.1 ft) (keel)
Beam	10.39 m (34.1 ft)
Draught	4.22 m (13.8 ft) (unladen)
Depth of hold	5.12 m (16.8 ft)
Propulsion	Sails
Complement	French service: 157–200 British service: 220
Armament	French service: 26 × 8-pounder long guns + 4 × 4-pounder guns on the Spar Deck; 6 × 4-pounders from 1787 British service: 26 × 9-pounder guns + 6 smaller guns on the QD and Fc

The French frigate Mignonne was a one-off design by Jean-Baptiste Doumet-Revest;^[1] she was launched in 1767 at Toulon. Some notable French captains commanded her before the British captured her at Calvi in 1794 and took her into the Royal Navy as HMS Mignonne. She was burnt in 1797 as useless.

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