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HMS ''Admiral Rainier'' was a Dutch 16-gun brig that the British captured on 23 August 1800 at Kuyper's Island, Java.〔Also referred to as Cooper's Island. This is one of a group of four islands that are themselves part of the 105 islands and over 200 islets that make up the Thousand Islands (Kepulauan Seribu). Kuyper's Island's name became Cipir Island (Pulau Cipir) and recently, Kahyangan Island (Pulau Kahyangan). It is a companion to Onrust Island (Palau Onrust or Palau Damar Besar), which was the site of a major shipyard and fort that had belonged to the by then defunct Dutch East India Company. At one point a narrow bridge linked the two islands.〕 They took her into service and named her after Admiral Peter Rainier, the leader of the British expedition. After they sold her in 1803 apparently the French captured her in 1804 and sold her to the Dutch colonial government in Batavia for anti-piracy patrol. Her Javanese crew mutinied in 1806 and eventually sailed to Penang where vessels of the East India Company seized the vessel. ==Capture and British service== On 23 August 1800 ''Sybille'', , , and entered Batavia Roads and captured five Dutch armed vessels in all and destroyed 22 other vessels.〔 〔Some accounts place the captures at Onrust Island.〕 One of the vessels they captured was a newly built Dutch brig.〔Winfield (2008), pp.160–1.〕〔Milo (June 1941) reports that the British captured the newly constructed brig ''Ajax''. This would then probably be the vessel that became the ''Admiral Rainier''.〕 Captain Henry Lidgbird Ball of ''Daedalus'' ordered her manned, armed and equipped. ''Admiral Rainier'' was commissioned under Lieutenant William Hugh Dobbie of ''Centurion''.〔''The gentleman's magazine, and historical chronicle'', Volume 100, Part 2, pp.181–2.〕 She was armed with 14 guns, a mix of 6-pounders and 4-pounders.〔Winfield (2008), p.290.〕 She was employed in the blockade of Batavia.〔 On 28 October ''Admiral Rainier'' went up the Carawang river with seven armed boats of the squadron to destroy a depot of grain.〔〔Marshall (1827), Supplement 1, pp.142–3.〕 She accomplished the task after destroying five proas protecting the place.〔 The British carried off three gunboats, together with the commandant's accommodation boat and three large proas laden with coffee.〔 British losses were two killed and six wounded.〔 In 1803 Wellesley, the Governor-General of India, recalled the squadron. The vessels were needed in India for the Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803–1805). At the recall, Lieutenant Dobbie returned to ''Centurion'';〔 ''Admiral Rainier'' was sold in September 1803. 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 Admiral Rainier (1800)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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