HMS Belle Poule
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Belle Poule, from the French meaning Beautiful Chicken:
- HMS Belle Poule was a 36-gun fifth rate captured from the French in 1780 and sold in 1801.
- HMS Belle Poule was a 38-gun fifth rate captured from the French in 1806. She was used as a troopship from 1814, a prison ship from 1815 and was sold in 1816.
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