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HMS ''Anaconda'' was an 18-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy during the War of 1812. She was cruising as an American privateer until sailors from HMS ''Sceptre'' captured her in 1813. She served briefly in the Royal Navy during the later stages of the War of 1812, especially at the Battle of New Orleans, before being sold in Jamaica in 1815. ==American career== ''Anaconda'' was built in Middleton, Connecticut in 1812.〔 In late 1812, Captain Nathanial Shaler took command of ''Anaconda'' in New York. On 16 January 1812, while Captain Shaler was ashore on business, ''Anaconda's'' first lieutenant, George W. Burbank, encountered the American schooner ''Commodore Hull'' and fired a broadside into her, seriously wounding her commander, before realizing his mistake. A court martial, however, absolved Burbank from blame.〔〔Ellis (2009), pp.87-8.〕 On 14 May 1813, while in the latitude of the Cape Verde Islands, he was able to capture the British packet ship ''Express'', an 8, 11, or 12-gun brig with a crew of 38, sailing from Rio de Janeiro to England.〔Norway (1895), p. 243.〕 After a fight lasting over half-an-hour, the ''Express'' struck. Shaler took out $75,000 in specie and then divested the packet after ransoming her for $8000.〔Emmons (1853), p.170.() Accessed 17 February 2013〕 In June, ''Anaconda'' took the 8-gun brig ''Mary'', sailing from Gibraltar. Later that month, ''Anaconda'' took the brig ''Harriet'', sailing from Buenos Aires to London, delivering her to New Bedford. Some records indicate that ''Harriet'' may have been armed with 12 guns, and that Shaler converted one of the brigs to a cartel. In all, his prizes were worth $250,000.〔 However, in early July Captain Shaler took refuge in Ocracoke Inlet.〔Maclay (1899), pp. 259-260.〕 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 Anaconda (1813)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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