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} |} HMS ''Bacchus'' was a schooner of the ''Adonis'' class of the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic War. She was built at Bermuda using Bermudan cedar and completed in mid-1806. A report dated 9 May 1806 stated that ''Bacchus'' was three to six weeks away from completion.〔''Bermudian'' (1976), Vol. 47, p.45.〕 Still, ''Bacchus'' was commissioned under Lieutenant John Skinner and on 9 June was in company with when ''Tartar'' captured the French brig ''Observateur'' after a chase and a slight exchange of gunfire. ''Observateur'', of 18 guns, though pierced for 20, and with a crew of 104 men was under the command of Captain "Crozier" (Croizé). She had left Cayenne on 15 March provisioned for a cruise of four months and in company with the French brig ''Argus'', but had not taken anything. The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS ''Observateur''.〔Winfield (2008), p.316-7.〕 ''Bacchus'' then sailed to Britain where she made good defects at Plymouth between 12 September and 29 November.〔 She returned to the West Indies. On 27 May 1807 she captured the ''Concord'', Babcock, master. The French captured ''Bacchus'' in August 1807 at an unknown date and under unknown circumstances.〔Hepper (1994), p.119.〕 ==Notes, citations, and references== ;Notes ;Citations ;References * * *Winfield, Rif. ''British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates''. 2nd edition, Seaforth Publishing, 2008. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4. 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 Bacchus (1806)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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