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HMS ''Brilliant'' was a 28-gun ''Enterprise''-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. The ''Brilliant'' was first commissioned in July 1779 under the command of Captain John Ford. Between July 1796 and October 1798 ''Brilliant''s captain was Henry Blackwood. On 27 July, at Tenerife, ''Brilliant'' observed the frigates ''Vertu'' and ''Régénérée'' preparing to sail for Rochefort.〔Troude, vol.3, p.130〕 At 6, the French frigates sailed and started firing on ''Brilliant''; ''Régénérée'' was closing in on her opponent when ''Vertu'', which had sailed large, touched the wind; ''Régénérée'' imitated her manoeuver, but lost her mizzen and bowsprit, allowing ''Brilliant'' to flee. ''Vertu'' gave chase, but could not overhaul her opponent and returned to Tenerife. There, ''Régénérée'' replaced her rigging, and both frigates eventually arrived in Rochefort on 5 September.〔 On 8 September 1800 ''Brilliant'' sent the prize ''Dragon'' into Plymouth. She was a packet of 14 guns, bound for L'Orient from Guadeloupe and carrying a cargo of cocoa, coffee, indigo and cotton.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HMS ''Brilliant'' at Ships of the Old Navy website )〕 On 8 October 1807 ''Brilliant'' and captured the Danish ships ''St Hans'' and ''Montreal''. ==Fate== She was broken up at Portsmouth in November 1811.〔Winfield (2007)〕 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 Brilliant (1779)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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