HMS Goelan

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Goelan, the Anglicization of Goéland, the Breton word for seagull:

• HMS Goelan was the French 14-gun sloop Goéland, which HMS Penelope and HMS Proserpine captured in 1793, and which was sold in 1794.
• HMS Goelan was the French 16-gun brig-sloop Goéland, which was part of the capitulation on 13 October 1803 at Aux Cayes; HMS Pique and HMS  Pelican were listed as the captors.^[1] Goelan was broken up in 1810.

References

1. The London Gazette: no. 15670. p. 133. 38 January 1804.

• 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. OCLC 67375475.