Two vessels of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...
have borne the name HMS ''Poulette'', after the French diminutive for the hen of the
chicken
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HMS ''Poulette'' was a French 20-gun corvette launched in 1781. The British captured her at Toulon in 1793 and took her into service. She was at the
Battle of Genoa (1795)
The Battle of Genoa (also known as the Battle of Cape Noli and in French as ''Bataille de Gênes'') was a naval battle fought between French and allied Anglo-Neapolitan forces on 14 March 1795 in the Gulf of Genoa, a large bay in the Ligurian ...
but the British burned her in October 1796 at
Ajaccio
Ajaccio (, , ; French: ; it, Aiaccio or ; co, Aiacciu , locally: ; la, Adiacium) is a French commune, prefecture of the department of Corse-du-Sud, and head office of the ''Collectivité territoriale de Corse'' (capital city of Corsica). ...
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* was the French 20-gun privateer ''Foudroyant'', built and launched at Bordeaux in 1798. The British captured her in 1799 but had her laid up. She served the Royal Navy for about a year and a half until she was again laid up in 1805. She was sold in 1814.
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Royal Navy ship names