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HMS ''Carron'' was a 20-gun ''Cyrus''-class sixth-rate post ship of the Royal Navy built in 1813 by Edward Adams, at Bucklers Hard in Hampshire. She was wrecked in 1820. ==Career== ''Carron'' was first commissioned in January 1814 under Captain Robert Cavendish Spencer (a son of George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer).〔 At Bermuda, on 4 July 1814, the ''Carron'' and embarked a company-strength force of Royal Marines, commanded by Edward Nicolls, for deployment on the Gulf Coast. They arrived at the mouth of the Apalachicola River on 14 August 1814. The vessels then took part in the unsuccessful British attack on Fort Bowyer on 15 September 1814 in which ''Hermes'' was lost. For much of the autumn, the ''Carron'' was at Pensacola, until General Andrew Jackson's numerically superior forces expelled the British at the start of November 1814. Shortly thereafter, ''Carron'' made two lucrative captures when on 29 November she captured the schooners ''Hirondelle'' and ''Dos Amigos''. For Spencer, the prize money was worth several years' pay. For an ordinary seaman, the money was worth a half to three-quarter's of a year's pay. Next, ''Carron'' participated in the Battle of Lake Borgne on 14 December in the run up to the Battle of New Orleans. In 1821 the survivors of the British flotilla shared in the distribution of head-money arising from the capture of five American gun-boats and sundry bales of cotton. Captain Spencer was mentioned in dispatches for his part in reconnoitering the Bayou Catalan, so as to determine a suitable location for British forces to disembark.〔Letter from Cochrane to the Admiralty, dated 18 January 1815, as reproduced in "The Naval Chronicle", Volume 33〕〔Letter from Keane to Pakenham, dated 26 December 1814, as reproduced in James, Volume 2〕 At the time of the besieging of Fort Bowyer in February 1815, Captain Spencer was among the sailors landed near Mobile, and was second in command of the Naval party.〔Marshall, p.260〕 The ''Carron'' was moored off St Vincent Island, near Apalachicola Bay, on 27 March 1815, and stayed in this area for the next month or so. On 18 April, her commander was reappointed to command the Cydnus. When the British evacuated, a number of refugees were embarked on 20 April, and Lieutenant Armbrister was embarked on 22 April. When the Carron arrived at New Providence in the Bahamas on 6 May, he disembarked. The refugees were disembarked when the Carron arrived at Bermuda on 22 May 1815.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Royal Marines on the Gulf Coast )〕 Lieutenant James B. Tathnell became her acting temporary commander in 1814, during Captain Spencer's absence. Sir Alexander Cochrane appointed Captain Spencer to command in April 1815, as her Captain had died, as a reward for Spencer's efforts in Louisiana and Florida. Captain Nicholas Pateshall commanded ''Carron'' from April 1815 until she was paid off in August 1816 at Portsmouth.〔 ''Carron'' was recommissioned in May 1818 under Commander John Furneaux, for service in the East Indies.〔 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 Carron (1813)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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