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HMS ''Charybdis'' was a Royal Navy built by Mark Richards and John Davidson at Hythe, and launched in 1809.〔Winfield (2008), p.300.〕 She captured two American prizes during the War of 1812 before she was laid up in 1815 and sold in 1819. ==Service== She was commissioned in September 1809 under Commander Robert Fowler, who sailed her for the Leeward Islands on 22 January 1810. On 20 April 1811 Commander James Clephan took command.〔 On 8 October 1812 ''Charybdis'' recaptured the brig ''William Rathbone''. The ''Saucy Jack'', an American privateer out of Charleston, had captured the ''William Rathbone'', which had been armed with 14 guns and had a crew of 30 men. The Americans put a prize crew aboard. When ''Charybdis'' recaptured ''William Rathbone'' she returned the vessel to her officers and crew.〔Mouzon (1954), p.39.〕〔''The Niles Weekly register'' (Vol.3, p. 157), reported that ''Saucy Jack'' had taken the prize in the port of Demerara, and that the ''William Rathbone'' had been armed with 14 18-pounder and two 6-pounder guns. She had also had a cargo worth ₤40,000.〕 Then on 31 October ''Charybdis'' captured the American privateer schooner ''Blockade'' and her 66 man crew in the Sombrero Passage near Saba Rock.〔〔Marshall (1833), Vol. 4, Part 1, p.7.〕 During the five-hour chase ''Blockade'' threw nine of her 10 guns overboard in an attempt to gain speed.〔Norie (1827), p.264.〕〔James (2004), p.242.〕〔James mentions this engagement in passing as an example of lurid and exaggerated American accounts of actions.〕 In September ''Charybdis'' sailed from Portsmouth with a convoy for Cork, and then went on to America via Halifax. She was present at the Battle of New Orleans and then sailed back to Britain with despatches. 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 Charybdis (1809)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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