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''Furieuse'' was a 38-gun frigate of the French Navy. The Royal Navy captured her in 1809 and took her into service as the fifth rate HMS ''Furieuse''. She spent most of her British career in the Mediterranean, though towards the end of the War of 1812 she served briefly on the North American station. She was laid up in 1815 and sold for breaking up in 1816. ==French career and capture== ''Furieuse'' was built at Cherbourg in 1795 to a design by Pierre-Alexandre Forfait. She began as a but was completed as a .〔The ''Romaine''-class frigates were originally designed as ''frégates-bombarde'', carrying a main armament of twenty 24-pounder guns and a 12-inch mortar. The concept proved impractical and the French Navy removed the mortars.〕 By 1809 ''Furieuse'' was in the Caribbean, having come out with Admiral Amable Troude's expedition to the Caribbean. She escaped from Îles des Saintes on 1 April. She left Basse Terre 14 June, carrying sugar and coffee to France, and under the command of Lieutenant Gabriel-Étienne-Louis Le Marant Kerdaniel. She was capable of carrying 48 guns, but was armed en flûte, carrying only 20 at the time of her capture, 12 of which were carrondades. She had a large crew, with 200 sailors, 40 soldiers and a detachment of troops from the 66th regiment of the line.〔 On her voyage to France she came across a large English merchant vessel on 5 July. ''Furieuse'' was in the process of taking possession of the merchantman when the 20-gun sloop , commanded by Commander William Mounsey, came upon the scene.〔 ''Bonne Citoyenne'' was returning to a convoy she was escorting in company with , under Captain Brown, but on seeing what was happening, Mounsey sailed to intervene. As ''Bonne Citoyenne'' approached, ''Furieuse'' abandoned her prize and began to flee northwards. Emboldened, Mounsey set off in pursuit; after an 18-hour chase ''Bonne Citoyenne'' had closed the range and brought ''Furieuse'' to battle.〔 The two ships exchanged broadsides for the next seven hours. ''Bonne Citoyenne'' was at a disadvantage early on. Not only was she much smaller, but three of her guns were quickly dismounted. She nevertheless fired 129 broadsides to the enemy's 70, with Mounsey alternating between the starboard and larboard sides as circumstances permitted. By the end of the battle ''Bonne Citoyenne'' had lost her top masts, her lower masts were badly damaged, and her rigging, sails and boats had been shot to pieces. Realizing that he was running out of powder, Mounsey decided to force the issue and prepared to board the French ship. Before he could do so, ''Furieuse'' surrendered and Mounsey took possession.〔 ''Furieuse'' had suffered heavy damage, with her masts shot away and five feet of water in the hold. She had also suffered 35 killed and 37 wounded. In contrast, ''Bonne Citoyenne'' had just one man killed and five wounded.〔 Mounsey received a gold medal and promotion to post captain,〔Long (1895), pp.50-51.〕 back-dated to the day of the action, for his victory. Lieutenant Joseph Symes, First lieutenant of ''Bonne Citoyenne'', received promotion to Commander, effective two years after his having attained the rank of Lieutenant, which had occurred on 13 March 1808. A number of other officers and crew also received promotions.〔Marshall (1828), Supplement - Part II, pp.20-28.〕 In 1847 the Admiralty issued the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Bonne Citoyenne Wh. Furieuse" to all surviving claimants from ''Bonne Cityonne''. 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「HMS Furieuse (1809)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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