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Four vessels of Britain's Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Asp'', named after the Asp, which in antiquity referred to any one of several venomous snake species found in the Nile region. * was an ''Acute''-class gunbrig (ex-''GB No.5''), launched in 1797 and disposed of in 1803.〔Winfield (2008), p.331.〕 In 1798 she participated in Sir Home Popham's failed attack on Ostend. Because ''Agincourt'' served in the navy's Egyptian campaign between 8 March 1801 and 2 September, her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the Admiralty issued in 1847 to all surviving claimants. *HMS ''Asp'' was the French navy's corvette ''Serpent'',〔Winfield and Roberts (2015), p.216.〕 under the command of ''Lieutenant de vaisseau'' Paul de Lamanon, when captured her in 1808 off La Guaira, Venezuela.〔Fonds Marine, Vol. 1, p.378.〕 Rear-Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Cochrane provisionally named her ''Pert'', but as there was already a brig , the Admiralty named her HMS ''Asp''.〔Winfield (2008), p.318.〕 The Royal Navy commissioned her as 16-gun sloop and disposed of her in 1814. * was a cutter that the Royal Navy purchased in 1826 and sold in 1829. * was a paddle steamer packet of 112 tons that the Admiralty acquired from the Post Office in 1837 and disposed of in 1881. ==Citations, and references== ;Citations ;References * *Fonds Marine. Campagnes (opérations ; divisions et stations navales; missions diverses). Inventaire de la sous-série Marine BB4. Tome premier : BB4 210 à 482 (1805-1826) () * *Winfield, Rif & Stephen S Roberts (2015) ''French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786 - 1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates''. (Seaforth Publishing). ISBN 9781848322042 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 Asp」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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