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The Action of 10 December 1800 was a minor engagement of the Napoleonic Wars in which the Spanish privateer gunboat ''San Francisco Javier'', alias ''Poderoso'', under Don Miguel Villalba, captured a hired brig of the Royal Navy commanded by Lieutenant Charles Niven (or Nevin). On 20 December the British hired armed brig ''Sir Thomas Pasley'' (or ''Admiral Pasley'', or ''Pasley''),〔Gaceta de Madrid, Vol. 2, p. 1225-1226 () at the time of the engagement ''Pasley'' was armed with two 6-pounder guns and fourteen 12-pounder carronades. She had a crew of 45 men and boys. The Spanish gunboat, which was armed with one long 24-pounder and two 6-pounder guns, placed herself astern of ''Pasley'' and proceeded to fire on the brig.〔 The wind died down, preventing ''Pasley'' from maneuvering to bring her two 6-pounder bow-chasers to bear. The British tried to move the guns to the stern, but the carronades left them no space in which to place the guns. The British sailors were left to respond to the Spanish cannon fire with no more than small arms fire.〔 Spanish boarding parties took the brig at the third attempt, having shot away the British halyard during the skirmish.〔 Niven had been wounded in three places, and the master was also badly wounded. In addition, the British had lost three other sailors killed and six more wounded. The Spaniards took their prize to Ceuta, and then Algeciras. Niven faced a court-martial for the loss of his ship and was honourably and deservedly acquitted.〔 ==Notes, citations, and references== ;Notes ;Citations ;References * * * * William James. ''The naval history of Great Britain, from 1793 to 1820''() 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Action of 10 December 1800」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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