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HMS ''Aeolus'' was a 32-gun ''Amphion''-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1801 and served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and the War of 1812. Ordered during the last years of the French Revolutionary Wars, ''Aeolus'' was at first engaged in convoy work, before being sent out to the West Indies, where she took part in operations off Saint-Domingue and blockaded the French ships in the harbours. She was involved in the chase of the 74-gun ''Duquesne'' after she put to sea, and assisted in her capture. ''Aeolus'' returned to operate off the British coast, and was part of Sir Richard Strachan's squadron in late 1805. The squadron encountered part of the fleeing Franco-Spanish fleet that Nelson had decisively defeated two weeks previously at the Battle of Trafalgar, and after bringing them to battle, captured the entire force. After spending time off Ireland and North America, ''Aeolus'' was in the Caribbean in 1809, and took part in the capture of Martinique. Deployed with Captain Philip Broke's squadron after the outbreak of the War of 1812 ''Aeolus'' took part in the capture of , the first ship either side lost in the war, the pursuit of and the capture of the American privateer ''Snapper''. ''Aeolus'' was used as a storeship at Quebec after the end of the war, and after returning to Britain was laid up as the Napoleonic Wars drew to a close. She was finally sold in 1817. ==Construction and commissioning== ''Aeolus'' was ordered on 28 January 1800 from the yards of Mrs Frances Barnard, of Deptford, and built to a design by Sir William Rule. She was laid down in April 1800 and launched on 28 February 1801.〔 ''Aeolus'' commissioned under her first commander, Captain John Spranger in March 1801.〔 She was the third ship in the Navy to be named ''Aeolus''. The first, also a 32-gun fifth rate (launched in 1758), was still in existence but had been reduced to harbour service in 1796 and renamed ''Guernsey'' in 1800 to free the name for the new ship.〔 Then a squadron captured the French frigate ''Pallas'', which received the name ''Aeolus''.〔 In the meantime, ''Guernsey'' was sold in May 1801, shortly after the third ''Aeolus'' had completed fitting out the previous month, at Deptford Dockyard.〔〔 The second ''Aeolus'' was then renamed to ''Pique''.〔 〕 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 Aeolus (1801)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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