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HMS ''Cerberus'' was a 28 gun sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was ordered on 6 May 1757 from the yards of Pleasant Fenn, East Cowes and was laid down on 13 June 1757. She was launched just over a year later on 5 September 1758.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Archaeological Sites Under Investigation at AUVfest 2008 )〕 The ''Cerberus'' saw action in the American Revolutionary War. One of its first duties was to dispatch generals William Howe, Henry Clinton, and John Burgoyne to Boston after the Battles of Lexington and Concord. The American press likened the three generals to the three-headed dog that was the ship's namesake.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The History of the HMS Cerberus and HMS Lark )〕 It provided naval reinforcement at the Battle of Bunker Hill. The ship was the target of an early torpedo attack by David Bushnell's newly developed powder keg torpedoes in 1777. The attack killed four sailors in a small boat, but did not severely damage the ship. The ''Cerberus'' was eventually burnt to prevent being captured by the French on 5 August 1778 during the American War of Independence, in Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island.〔 The remains of the ''Cerberus'' are now part of a site listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the "Wreck Sites of HMS ''Cerberus'' and HMS ''Lark''." == References == * * * Robert Gardiner, ''The First Frigates'', Conway Maritime Press, London 1992. ISBN 0-85177-601-9. * David Lyon, ''The Sailing Navy List'', Conway Maritime Press, London 1993. ISBN 0-85177-617-5. 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 Cerberus (1758)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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