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HMS Goelan

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Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Goelan, the Anglicization of Goéland, the Breton word for seagull:

  • HMS Goelan was the French 14-gun sloop Goéland, which HMS Penelope and HMS Proserpine captured in 1793, and which was sold in 1794.
  • HMS Goelan was the French 16-gun brig-sloop Goéland, which was part of the capitulation on 13 October 1803 at Aux Cayes; HMS Pique and HMS  Pelican were listed as the captors. Goelan was broken up in 1810.

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