HMS Mignonne

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Three vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mignonne, which means "dainty" in French.[a]

  • Mignonne was captured by the British in 1794 in the harbour of Calvi, used briefly and then burnt in 1797 as useless.
  • Mignonne was a French navy corvette that the British captured in 1803 and disposed of in 1804 after she grounded at Jamaica.
  • HMS Mignonne (1806) was the French navy brig Phaeton, which Pique captured in 1806. She was renamed Musette in 1807 and was sold in 1814.

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  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.