HMS Athenienne (1796) explained

HMS Athenienne was a brig, probably a French privateer that the French Navy requisitioned circa April 1796, but that the British captured off Barbados and commissioned later that year before selling her in 1802.

On 3 May 1796 captured the French corvette Athénienne off Barbados at 14.7°N -86°W after a 14-hour long chase. Athénienne was armed with 14 guns and had a crew of 83 men under the command of lieutenant de vaisseau Gervais. She had thrown 10 of her guns overboard during the chase. The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Athénienne.

References

• Book: Demerliac, Alain. La Marine de la Révolution: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1792 à 1799. 1999. Éditions Ancre. 2-906381-24-1. French. 304. 2850: Athénienne.
• Book: Roche, Jean-Michel. 2005. Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 978-2-9525917-0-6. 165892922. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. 1. 55.
• Book: Winfield, Rif. British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. 2008. 978-1-86176-246-7.
• Book: Winfield. Rif. Roberts. Stephen S.. 2015. French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786–1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. 978-1-84832-204-2.