HMS Belliqueux (1758)

Belliqueux was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1756.

She was captured on 2 November 1758 by HMS Antelope (1741) in the Irish Sea. She was found by Antelope anchored off Ilfracombe, Antelope opened fire but the French ship surrendered without having fired a shot in return. The crew of 500 was captured. She was taken into the Royal Navy and commissioned as the third rate HMS Belliqueux. The captains were:
 * from November 1758: captain, in the West Indies (quit due to ill health)
 * from late 1761: captain Richard Edwards, in the Mediterranean.

Belliqueux was broken up in September 1772.