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HMS ''Calypso'' was a Royal Navy ''Cruizer''-class brig-sloop. She was built at Deptford Wharf between 1804 and 1805, and launched in 1805. She served in the North Sea and the Baltic, most notably at the Battle of Lyngør, which effectively ended the Gunboat War. ''Calypso'' was eventually broken up in March 1821.〔Winfield (2008), p.292.〕 ==Service== Commander Matthew Foster commissioned ''Calypso'' and in February she was in the Downs.〔 On 14 June 1805 ''Calypso'' and a large number of other British warships were in company when the gun-brig ''Basilisk'' captured the American ship ''Enoch''. Between 18 and 23 July 1805, she participated in attacks on French convoys off Calais, Wimereux, and Ambleteuse. On 18 July, ''Calypso'', ''Fleche'' (Captain Thomas White), and the 20-gun sixth-rate post ship ''Arab'' (Captain Kieth Maxwell) and two or three gun-brigs drove on shore six French gun-vessels. However, the bank off Cape Grinez, and the shot and shells from the right face of its powerful battery, soon compelled the British to haul off from the shore. ''Arab'' suffered seven wounded and a great deal of damage. ''Fleche'' was the closest inshore owing to her light draft of water; she had five men severely wounded and damage to her rigging.〔James (1837) Vol. III, pp.311-2.〕 Forster received a severe shoulder wound and had to give up command of ''Calypso''.〔After Forster recovered in 1808 he was appointed to ''Majestic''. However, he did not receive a pension (of £250/annum), for his wounds until 1814.〕 Commander Matthew Martin Bradby replaced Forster.〔 He commanded her off Dieppe and in the Downs until he received promotion to post-captain in June 1810. Commander Henry Weir was promoted out of the 10-gun ''Alban'' to take command of ''Calypso'' on 28 June 1810. She was in sight on 12 April 1811 when the hired armed cutter ''Princess of Wales'' captured the ''Dragen'', S.N. Svarer, Master, ''Emanuel'', H.M. Hansen, Master, and ''Haabet'', N.S. Lauristen, Master. On 2 May ''Calypso'' captured the ''Edell Catharina''. On 14 June Weir captured the Danish privateer ''Nayahada'' off the coast of Jutland and destroyed another.〔''The Gentleman's magazine'', Volume 171, p.204.〕 Both were armed with ten guns. Early in September the ''Primus'', carrying tar and hemp, the ''Worksam'', in ballast, the ''Experiment'', carrying iron, the ''Columbus'', carrying linseed, the ''Neptunus'', carrying timber, and the ''Hctor'', carrying sundry goods, came into Yarmouth. They were prizes to , , ''Calypso'', , , . and .〔''Lloyd's List'', no. 4596,() - accessed 16 May 2014.〕 That autumn ''Calypso'' was caught in a storm in October or November in which she lost her top masts and suffered extensive damage. To survive, she had to throw her guns overboard. On 26 October ''Calypso'' captured the ''Den Norske Bonde''. On 28 March ''Calypso'' captured the ''Tallette''.12 April 1812 ''Calypso'' captured the Danish galliot ''Phoenix''. Then on 14 April ''Calypso'' captured the ''Mette Catharina''.〔 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 Calypso (1805)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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