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} |} ''Bunker Hill'' was a Massachusetts privateer sloop, first commissioned n 1778. She made two cruises, capturing three prizes, but during her second cruise the Royal Navy captured her at Saint Lucia. The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS ''Surprize''. She served in the Caribbean, and was one of the two sloops that captured Essequibo and Demerara in March 1781. She sailed to Britain in late 1782 where the Navy sold her in 1783. The French Navy may have purchased her. If so, they sold her in 1789. ==''Bunker Hill''== ''Bunker Hill'', under the command of Edward Rolland, departed on her first cruise in mid-June 1778. She returned on 26 September, having captured one vessel, which was possibly the 50-ton (bm) brig ''Mary'', Thomas Mallowney, master.〔(American War of Independence - At Sea: Bunker Hill — accessed 10 September 2015. )〕 Commander Nicholas Ogelbe commissioned ''Bunker Hill'' on 27 October. On 2 December he sailed her from Salem, intending to cruise off Barbados. Two days out of port ''Bunker Hill'' captured the 100-ton (bm) schooner ''Delaware'', Thomas Butler, master. She was sailing from Quebec to New York with a cargo of flour. Ogelbe sent her into Salem. Later, ''Bunker Hill'' captured a second vessel.〔 On 22 December ''Bunker Hill'' sailed into Grand Cul De Sac Bay, Saint Lucia at night. She had made an error in navigation and thought she was joining up with the French fleet under Count d'Estaing, which was anchored about a league away from the British fleet under Admiral Barrington that had captured St Lucia. In the morning she discovered that she was anchored within cannon-shot of the British. ''Bunker Hill'' struck and the boats of Barrington's fleet took possession of her before any vessel French could intervene. Barrington decided to take her into service as she was a fast sailer and he had just been informed that the French had captured .〔''Remembrancer'', Vol. 7, pp.282-5.〕 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「Bunker Hill (1778 ship)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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