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HMS ''Astraea'' (frequently spelled HMS ''Astrea'') was a Royal Navy 36-gun Fifth rate ''Apollo'' Class frigate, launched in 1810 at Northam. She participated in the Battle of Tamatave and in an inconclusive single-ship action with the French frigate ''Etoile''. ''Astrea'' was broken up in 1851. ==Indian Ocean== ''Astraea'' On 6 May 1811, a French squadron of frigates under the command of Commodore François Roquebert in ''Renommée'' approached Grand Port, not realizing that Isle de France (now Mauritius) had fallen to the British. A squadron under James Hillyar chased them off. They also escaped an encounter with squadron under Captain Schomberg.〔 Schomberg took command of Hillyar's squadron and pursued the French to Tamatave on Madagascar. Between 7 and 9 May the frigates and , under James Hillyar, and the brig-sloop , sighted the French 40-gun frigates ''Renommée'', ''Clorinde'' and ''Néréide'' off the Isle de France, whilst ''Astraea'' was lying in Port Louis.〔 On 14 May ''Astraea'', ''Phoebe'', ''Galatea'', and ''Racehorse'' sailed from Port Louis for Tamatave, Madagascar and arrived on the 20th. The British squadron sighted the French squadron and made chase. A severe engagement, the Battle of Tamatave, ensued. During the battle, ''Renommée'' and ''Clorinde'' badly battered ''Galatea'', with the result that she lost 16 men killed and 46 wounded - the largest number of casualties of any vessel in the squadron. ''Astraea'' too was heavily engaged and the British captured the ''Renommée''. Roquebert had sacrificed his flagship and ultimately his life to allow the frigates ''Clorinde'' and the badly damaged ''Néréide'' to escape. ''Astrea'' lost two men killed and 16 men wounded. In 1847 the Admiralty authorized the award of the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Off Tamatave 20 May 1811" to all surviving claimants from the action. Five days later, Schomberg's squadron rediscovered ''Néréide'' at Tamatave. The British persuaded the town's commander to surrender the town and ''Néréide'' without any further fight.〔 The British took ''Néréide'' as . The battle was the last action of the Mauritius campaign. On 19 September she and captured the French slaver brig ''Eclair''. On 19 September she and captured the French slaver brig ''Eclair''. After Beaver died in April 1813, Schomberg moved to Beaver's flagship, HMS ''Nisus''. Captain John Eveleigh then took command of ''Astraea''. 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 Astraea (1810)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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