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''Uranie'' was a 44-gun frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of her two-vessel class. ==Career== She served in the Mediterranean, first under captain Maistral, and later under Margollé, operating from Ancona. On 6 July 1803, sailed from Malta carrying some supernumeraries for Admiral Nelson's fleet and escorting the transport ''Caroline'', Dandison, master, which was carrying water.〔''Lloyd's List'', no.4391,() - accessed 10 October 2014.〕 On the evening of 3 August ''Redbridge'' encountered the frigate . Next morning ''Phoebe'' and ''Redbridge'' sighted four sail. ''Phoebe'' advised that they were probably French and the British ships set sail to escape. ''Phoebe'' was able to outpace their pursuers, but ''Redbridge'' was not and fell prey to them.〔Hepper (1994), p.94.〕 The four sail were a squadron of French frigates, ''Cornélie'', ''Rhin'', ''Uranie'', and ''Tamise'',〔''The Fireside Book: A Miscellany'' (1837), V.1, p.397.〕 and possibly some corvettes that had sortied in the night from Toulon. The French also captured the transport.〔 ''Redbridge''s actual captor was ''Cornélie''.〔Winfield (2008), p. 385.〕 Admiral Nelson attempted to send into Toulon a boat under a flag of truce offering the French a prisoner exchange, but the French refused his letter and proposal.〔Nicholas and Nelson (1845), Vol. 5, p. 153.〕 On 29 September 1810, the newly arrived French frigates ''Favorite'', under Bernard Dubourdieu, and ''Uranie'' joined the Venetian squadron of ''Corona'', ''Bellona'', and ''Carolina''. The force then sailed from Chiozzo to Ancona, arriving on 6 October, having sighted Hoste's ''Amphion'' in the distance during the passage.〔James, Vol 5, p. 56.〕 On 27 November 1811, HMS ''Eagle'' chased the French frigates ''Uranie'' and ''Corcyre'' (armed en flute), and corvette ''Scemplone'' near Fano. ''Uranie'' and ''Scemplone'' escaped but ''Eagle'' was able to overhaul and capture ''Corceyre''.〔James, Vol. 5, p. 375〕 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 frigate Uranie (1800)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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