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} |} HMS ''Ceres'' was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1777 for the British Royal Navy that the French captured in December 1778 off Saint Lucia. The French Navy took her into service as ''Cérès''. The British recaptured her in 1782 and renamed her HMS ''Raven'', only to have the French recapture her again early in 1783. The French returned her name to ''Cérès'', and she then served in the French Navy until sold at Brest in 1791. ==HMS ''Ceres''== ''Ceres'' was the only ship-sloop of her design. The British Admiralty ordered her in 1774 with the requirement that her design follow that of , the 18-gun French sloop-of-war ''Cheveret'',〔 which the Royal Navy had captured on 30 January 1761 and that had disappeared, presumed foundered, during a hurricane in 1776.〔Hepper (1994), p.50.〕 Commander Samuel Warren commissioned ''Ceres'' in March 1777. In September, Commander James Dacres replaced Warren.〔 Dacres sailed to the West Indies, arriving in December. On 9 March 1778, near Barbados, and ''Ceres'' encountered two vessels belonging to the Continental Navy, ''Raleigh'' and ''Alfred''. When the American ships attempted to flee, ''Alfred'' fell behind her faster consort. Shortly after noon the British men-of-war caught up with ''Alfred'' and forced her to surrender after a half an hour's battle. Her captors described ''Alfred'' as being of 300 tons and 180 men, and under the command of Elisha Hinsman. On 18 October, 1778, ''Ceres'' captured the French privateer ''Tigre''.〔 A little over a month later, on 17 December 1778, the French captured ''Ceres'' off St Lucia. ''Ceres'' was escorting a convoy of transport at the time, and Dacres acted to decoy the French 50-gun ship of the line ''Sagittaire'' and frigate ''Iphigénie'' away from the convoy, which Dacres sent on to Saint Lucia. After a chase of 48 hours, Dacres was forced to strike to ''Iphigénie'' as ''Sagittaire'' was only three miles astern and closing.〔Hepper (1994), p.54.〕 The British fleet under Admiral Barrington that had captured St Lucia, captured the American privateer ''Bunker Hill'' on 22 December 1778. Barrington decided to take her into service as HMS ''Surprize'' as she was a fast sailer and he had just been informed that the French had captured ''Ceres''.〔''Remembrancer'', Vol. 7, pp.282-5.〕 Barrington also arranged an exchange of prisoners with the French, the crew of ''Bunker Hill'' for the crew of ''Ceres''.〔''The Connecticut Journal'' (Haven ), 24 February 1779.〕 Dacres subsequently returned to England. 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 Ceres (1777)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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