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} |} ''Aréthuse'' was a corvette of the French Navy, launched in April 1798. captured her in 1799. The Royal Navy took her into service under the name HMS ''Raven''. She was wrecked in 1804. ==French service== Jean-François Gauthier designed her and she was the only vessel of her class. She carried only 18 cannon, though she was designed for 20. ''Aréthuse'' served between France and the Caribbean. On 9 October 1799 she was sailing towards and her convoy when the 74-gun ''Excellent'', which was to windward of ''Impregnable'', spotted her. ''Excellent'' chased ''Aréthuse'', catching her during the night. Captain Robert Stopford of ''Excellent'' described ''Aréthuse'' as having eighteen 9-pounder guns and a crew of 153 men, all under the command of a ''lieutenant de vaisseau''. She was sailing from Lorient to Cayenne with dispatches that she succeeded in destroying before she struck. ''Excellent'' shared the capture with ''Impregnable''. 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「French corvette Aréthuse (1798)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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