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} |} HMS ''Arab'' was a 22-gun post ship of the Royal Navy. She was formerly the 18-gun French privateer ''Brave'', which the British captured in 1798. She served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars until she was sold in 1810.〔Ships of the Royal Navy, Colledge, p.18〕 During her 12-year career with the Royal Navy she served on three separate stations, and was involved in two international incidents. The first incident occurred under Captain John Perkins and involved the Danes.〔(Battle of West Kay 1801 )〕 The second incident occurred under Captain Lord Cochrane and involved the Americans.〔The Keith Papers, NRS, Vol. 2; Marsden to Hammond, 3 March 1804, National Archives, Kew, ADM 2/639〕 She participated in the capture of Sint Eustatius and Saba. Under Captains Perkins and Maxwell she also took a considerable number of prizes.〔National Archives, Kew: ADM 51/1406 Captain's Log HMS Arab 13 September 1800 – 17 May 1801〕〔National Archives, Kew: ADM 51/2110 Captain's Log HMS Arab 2 December 1804 – 20 September 1807〕 After the royal Navy sold her in 1810 she served into the 1820s as a whaling ship in the South seas whale fisheries. ==Capture== ''Brave'' was built in Nantes around 1797. On 24 April 1798 the 36-gun , under the command of Captain Lawrence William Halsted, captured ''Brave'' off Cape Clear. She was pierced for 22 guns and was carrying eighteen, mixed 12 and 18-pounders. Unusually for a privateer, ''Brave'' resisted capture, suffering several men killed and 14 wounded before she surrendered. ''Phoenix'' had no casualties and suffered trifling damage to her sails and rigging. ''Brave'' had a crew of 160 men and also some 50 English prisoners on board, none of whom were injured. Halsted described ''Brave'' as being "a very fine ship, of 600 Tons, is coppered, and sails exceedingly fast." That she had 50 prisoners on board and only 160 crew indicates that she had taken several British vessels and then put prize crews on board. 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 Arab (1798)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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