Was Bonhomme Richard an East Indiaman?

What was Bonhomme Richard's relationship to the East Indiaman type?

She appears to have been a French merchant ship of that type, but at under 1,000 tons she was smaller than the largest East Indiamen and closer to the scale of the country ships in this comparison.

Bonhomme Richard belonged to the same broad world of armed long-distance merchant construction as the East Indiamen. Her identification calls for a qualified comparison rather than an exact match. Her smaller tonnage makes her closer to the scale of the country ships in this discussion than to the largest English company vessels. East Indiaman can describe a family resemblance, but nationality, ownership, and size still matter.