HMS Belette (1814)
Introduction '''HMS ''Belette''''' (or ''Bellette'') was an 18-gun , built by Edward Larking and William Spong at Kings Lynn  and launched in 1814.She was the second ''Cruizer''-class brig-sloop to bear the name. ''Belette'' had an uneventful career performing peacetime patrols and was sold in 1828.
Service With the war with France ending there was no immediate need for her services. She was therefore brought to Sheerness on 13 July and laid up; she was not finished until 1818. ''Belette'' was commissioned in May 1818 under Commander George Pechell for the Halifax station. (While still only a lieutenant, Pechell had been acting commander of ''Belette''s sister ship,  in 1811.) At Halifax ''Belette'' enforced the obligations under the Treaty of Ghent with respect to revenue and fisheries. In carrying out these duties she took into custody numerous vessels of varying types that she suspected of violating the Treaty or the revenue laws. In one case Pechell seized an American brig that was carrying £20,000 of illegal goods from India. The vessel was purportedly only carrying flour and stores, but a close search found the concealed goods. Pechell sent the vessel into Halifax.In 1819 ''Belette'' carried on to Bermuda the mails that the packet boat ''Blucher'' had brought to Halifax. In the summer of 1820 ''Bellette'' patrolled Passamaquoddy Bay on the border with the United States to stop the illegal plaster trade. This effort was a notable failure, with smugglers attacking the naval vessel's boats.In 1820 Rear Admiral Griffith appointed Pechell to the command of the frigate , her captain being unwell, but the Admiralty canceled the appointment and Pechell returned to ''Belette'' after having served on ''Tamar'' for some six months. While in ''Tamar'' Pechell, with the authority of the Haitian government, had captured a brigantine purporting to be Haitian. ''Belette'' was paid off in December 1821 and then spent most of 1822 at Plymouth undergoing repairs. She was recommissioned in September under Commander John Leith for the West Indies. She was then paid off in 1827 at Chatham.
Fate ''Belette'' was put up for sale on 19 June 1827.The Admiralty sold her on 26 March 1828 to Adam Gordon for £1,210.
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