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Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Active'' or HMS ''Actif'': * was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1758 and captured in 1778 by two French frigates off San Domingo.〔Hepper (1994), p.53.〕 * was a 14-gun brig-sloop launched in 1776 and captured in 1780 by the American privateer ''General Pickering'' off New York.〔Hepper (1994), p.58.〕 * was a 12-gun cutter that entered service in 1779 and surrendered that same year to the French cutter ''Mutin'' when ''Active'' encountered and was unable to escape the combined Franco-Spanish fleet in the English Channel.〔Hepper (1994), p.56.〕 The French took her into service as ''Actif'' and later ''Activ No.1'' (1782). She was paid off at Brest in December 1782 and broken up there early the next year.〔Demerliac (1996), p. 89, #588.〕 * was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1780 and wrecked in 1796 on Anticosti Island at the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River.〔Hepper (1994), p.80.〕 * was a 14-gun brig-sloop listed in 1782. * was a 16-gun privateer that captured from the French on 16 March 1794; unfortunately she foundered on 26 November, though all her crew were saved. * was a 38-gun fifth rate launched in 1799. She was placed on harbour service in 1826, renamed HMS ''Argo'' in 1833 and was broken up in 1860. * was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1845, becoming a training ship and being renamed HMS ''Tyne'' in 1867 and HMS ''Durham'' in 1867. She was sold in 1908. * was a ''Volage''-class iron screw corvette launched in 1869 and sold in 1906. * was an ''Active''-class scout cruiser launched in 1911 and scrapped in 1920. * was an A-class destroyer launched in 1928 and broken up in 1947. * was a Type 21 frigate launched in 1972. She was sold to the Pakistan Navy in 1994 and was renamed ''Shah Jehan''. The schooner ''Active'', which was under the command of Lieutenant Michael Fitton, was a tender to the flagship on the Jamaica station. She assisted at the capitulation of Curaçao on 13 September 1800. ==References== ;Citations ;Bibliography * *Demerliac, Alain (1996) ''La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792''. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA). vi:HMS Active 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 Active」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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