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HMS ''Antigua'' was a French frigate launched in 1779. She became a privateer that the British captured in 1804. She served the Royal Navy as a prison ship from 1804 to 1816, when she was broken up. ==French service== ''Antigua'' began her career as the ''Galathée''-class French frigate ''Railleuse''.〔Roche (2005), p.370.〕 She was built in Bordeaux to a 32-gun design by Raymond-Antoine Haran and launched in 1779. She underwent repairs at Rochefort several times, in January to April 1783 and in May 1790. In 1791 she was coppered, and then underwent further repairs in 1794. On 11 June 1794 she was cruising in the Channel when she encountered and chased the 14-gun cutter off Brest. ''Ranger'' engaged in some proforma resistance and then struck. The French treated ''Ranger''s crew badly, stripping the men naked and keeping them on deck for two days until they arrived at Brest.〔Hepper (1994), p.76.〕 The French Navy took ''Ranger'' into service and kept her name. In 1797 the French navy disposed of ''Railleuse''.〔 She became the French privateer ''Egyptienne'', a 36-gun ship with a crew of 120 based at Bordeaux. In December 1800, the hired armed cutter ''Nimrod'' recaptured the ''Skene'', Crawly, master, which had been sailing from Dublin to London when the privateer ''Egyptian'' captured ''Skene''. ''Nimrod'' sent ''Skene'' into Falmouth on 30 December.〔''Lloyd's List'',() - accessed 23 January 2014.〕 A letter from Madeira dated 22 February 1804 reported that the 36-gun privateer ''Egyptienne'' was cruising to the south of the island. Another privateer, this one of 20 guns, was also in the area.〔''Lloyd's List'',() - accessed 22 January 2014.〕 ''Egyptienne'' was next reported to be off the windward coast of Africa on 8 March.〔''Lloyd's List'',() - accessed 22 January 2014.〕 ''Egyptienne'' must have then sailed to the Caribbean as on 19 March she captured the ''Denault'', Ball, master, which had been sailing from London to Demerara, and sent her into Guadeloupe. ''Egyptienne'' then intercepted the ''Ranger'', Williams, master, ''Favourite'', Holman, master, and ''Wadstray'', Way, master, which were sailing in company, also from London to Demerara.〔''Lloyd's List'',() - accessed 22 January 2014.〕 ''Egyptienne'' captured the ''Wadstray'', which however the frigate recaptured,〔''Naval Chronicle'', Vol. 12, p.179.〕 and sent into Jamaica.〔''lloyd's List'',() - accessed 22 January 2014.〕 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 Antigua (1804)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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