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HMS ''Beagle'' was an 18-gun ''Cruizer''-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1804, during the Napoleonic Wars. She played a major role in the Battle of the Basque Roads. ''Beagle'' was laid up in ordinary in 1813 and sold in 1814. ==Career== ''Beagle'' was commissioned in August 1804 under Commander John Burn, who sailed her to the Mediterranean.〔Winfield (2008), p.294.〕 On 5 December Burn and ''Beagle'' captured the Spanish ship ''Fuenta Hermosa''. Burn was temporarily relieved by Commander George Digby between June and August 1805, after which she joined Sir John Orde’s squadron off Cadiz.〔 On 14 January 1805, ''Beagle'' captured the Spanish ship ''Pastora Hermosa'', which was carrying bullion. Commander Francis Newcombe left the hired armed ship ''Lord Eldon'' to replace Burn in February 1806; ''Beagle'' remained in the Mediterranean until 1807. On 27 April 1806, ''Beagle'' and a number of other vessels were in company with ''Termagant'' when ''Termagant'' captured the ''Anna Maria Carolina''. ''Beagle'' then moved to the Downs where she operated between 1808 and 1809. While under Newcombe's command ''Beagle'' captured three privateers in the English Channel. She captured the ''Hazard'', of 14 guns and 49 men, on 2 October 1808, the ''Vengeur'', of 16 guns and 48 men, on 24 January 1809 and the ''Fortune'', of 14 guns and 58 men, on 18 February.〔〔Norie (1842), p.514.〕 *''Hazard'', which was under the command of Joseph Marie Lelong, had one man badly wounded before ''Beagle'' was able to capture her after a three-hour chase. ''Hazard'' had left Dieppe the day before and had captured two light colliers (the ''Trinity'' Yacht and ''Assistance''), but Newcombe was unable to find and recapture them.〔''The European Magazine'', 1808, p.395.〕 ''Hazard'' had been the ''Matthew'', of Sunderland, and was carrying a cargo of coals. *''Vengeur'' was in company with ''Grand Napoleon'', which escaped. ''Vengeur'' herself did not surrender, though her captain, M. Bourgnie, was wounded, until ''Beagle'' came alongside.〔Ralfe (1820), p.122.〕 ''Vengeur'' had made no captures.〔Naval Chronicle'', Vol. 21, p.164.〕 *''Fortune'', under Captain Tucker, had one man badly wounded. She was out of Calais and had made no captures.〔'"The Gentleman's magazine'', Volume 79, Part 1, p.263.〕 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 Beagle (1804)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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