HMS Marie Antoinette was a 10-gun, two-masted sloop constructed in France, originally bearing the name Marie Antoinette. She was later requisitioned during the French Revolution and renamed Convention Nationale when commissioned into the French Navy as a 20-gun corvette. Her dimensions and specific construction details are not provided, but as a two-masted sloop, she would have been a relatively small, maneuverable vessel suitable for patrols and escort duties. In September 1793, during the Caribbean conflicts surrounding Saint-Domingue, the vessel was captured by a British squadron under Commodore Ford, which was supporting Royalist operations. The British captured her at L'Islet and Flamande Bay, and she was registered into the Royal Navy on 12 May 1794 under her original name. Under Lieutenant John Perkins, she participated as part of a squadron that briefly captured Port-au-Prince in 1794, although records suggest her role in the siege was minor. She continued to serve in the Caribbean, capturing small vessels such as the schooner Charlotte and brig Sally in 1796. Her service was marred by a mutiny in July 1797, which was led by her quartermaster, Mr. Jackson. During the mutiny, her captain, Lieutenant John McInerheny, was murdered and thrown overboard, along with another officer. The mutineers then took the vessel into the French port of Gonaïves in Saint-Domingue. The mutiny bears similarities to that of HMS Hermione in the same year, where mutineers also murdered their captain and defected to an enemy port. The fate of HMS Marie Antoinette after her mutiny remains unknown, as does the ultimate fate of her crew. Notably, one mutineer, William Jacobs, was captured and hanged by the British in 1799. The vessel's subsequent history is undocumented, marking her as a vessel of significant interest due to her turbulent service and the mutiny that ended her recorded history.

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