HMS Bellona (1794)
British gunboat (1794–1805) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Bellona.
HMS Bellona was a Thames sailing barge, one of 11 that the Admiralty purchased in 1794 and stationed at Woolwich. Mr. J. Woodward, a sailing master, commissioned her in 1796. Mr. Richard Simmons replaced him in 1798. She became a mud barge in December 1799; she was broken up in 1805.[1]