HMS Babet (1794)
HMS Babet was a 22-gun sloop-of-war of the Royal Navy, most notable as the first command of Sir Edward Codrington. As the French La Babet, under Lieutenant Belhomme, she was taken in the Action of 23 April 1794 off the Île de Batz by HMS Flora, HMS Melampus and HMS Arethusa.
British service
Babet took part in the Battle of Groix in 1795 under Sir Edward Codrington.
On 10 January 1797, Babet and Bellona drove on shore a French privateer, name unknown, on Deceada. One year later, on 16 January, Babet captured the French schooner Désirée. Between August and October 1799, Babet was employed on the expedition to Holland.
Fate
Babet, under the command of Captain Jemmet Mainwairing, was cruising in the West Indies in late November 1801. She and her entire crew of 140 men and boys vanished without trace in the West Indies and it was assumed that she had foundered.[1]
References
- ↑ Grocott (1997), p.122.
- Grocott, Terence (1997), Shipwrecks of the revolutionary and Napoleonic eras, Chatham, ISBN 1-86176-030-2
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