HMS Mignonne

Three vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mignonne, which means "dainty" in French.^[1]

• Mignonne was captured by the British in 1794 in the harbour of Calvi,^[2] and 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.
• Mignonne was the French navy brig Phaeton, which Pique captured in 1806. She was renamed Musette that same year and was sold in 1814.

Citations

1. Mignon/mignonne at Wiktionary
2. The London Gazette: no. 13699. p. 888. 30 August 1794.

References

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.