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} |} The HMS ''Madagascar'' was a 38-gun Piémontaise-class frigate originally of the French Navy. Her French name had been ''Néréide'', and she had been built to a design by François Pestel. In 1810 as ''Néréide'', she sailed to Guadeloupe but was repelled by the blockade off Basse-Terre, and returned to Brest after a fight with and . The British captured ''Néréide'' during the action of 20 May 1811, and commissioned her into the Royal Navy as HMS ''Madagascar''. She took part in the Peninsular War against France, and the War of 1812 with the United States of America. ''Madagascar'', , and were in company on 6 March 1814 at the recapture of the ''Diamond''. Shortly thereafter, Captain Bentinck Cavendish Doyle of ''Lightning'' transferred to take command of ''Madagascar''. In June 1814, ''Madagascar'' served in a flotilla under the command of Admiral Lord Cochrane, and carried General William Miller and his troops from Bordeaux to the Chesapeake Bay to reinforce General Ross in the War of 1812.1 During the Battle of North Point, a supplementary body of Royal Marines, drawn from 15 ships of the fleet, were assigned to the 2nd Battalion of Royal Marines, under the command of brevet Lieutenant Colonel James Malcolm.〔Crawford, p273 with reference to Rear Admiral Codrington's memo dated 11 September 1814〕 One of the two fatalities, Thomas Daw, was from HMS ''Ramillies''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Crown Forces ) ">url=http://www.1812casualties.org/ )〕 ==Notes and citations== Notes Citations 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 Madagascar (1811)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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