HMS Bonetta (1798)
Plans and elevation of Huit Amis as recorded in British sources after her capture | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Huit Amis |
| Namesake | "Eight friends" |
| Builder | Bordeaux |
| Launched | 1798 |
| Captured | 10 May 1798 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Bonetta |
| Namesake | Atlantic bonito |
| Acquired | May 1798 by capture |
| Commissioned | August 1798 |
| Fate | Wrecked 25 October 1801 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 34770⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 27 ft 8 in (8.4 m) |
| Depth of hold | 13 ft 0+1⁄2 in (4.0 m) |
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HMS Bonetta was the French privateer Huit Amis, launched at Bordeaux in 1798 that the British Royal Navy captured in May. In her brief naval career she captured a number of small prizes, one of them a 2-gun privateer. Bonetta was wrecked in 1801.