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HMS ''Courageux'' was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 26 March 1800 at Deptford. She was designed by Sir John Henslow as one of the large class 74-gun ships, and was the only ship built to her draught. Unlike the middling class and common class 74-gun ships, which carried 18-pounder long guns, as a large 74-gun ship, ''Courageux'' carried 24-pounders on her upper gun deck.〔 In mid-1804, ''Courageaux'' escorted a convoy from (Helena|St Helena )] back to Britain. The convoy consisted of the East Indiamen ''City of London'', ''Ceylon'', ''Calcutta'', and ''Wyndham'', two vessels from the South Seas, ''Lively'' and ''Vulture'', and the ship ''Rolla'', which had transported convicts to New South Wales.〔''The Times'', 12 October 1804.〕 On the way the convoy ran into severe weather with the result that the ''Prince of Wales'', which had also left St Helena with the rest, foundered with the loss of all on board; this had been her maiden voyage.〔(National Archives: Prince of Wales (8) - accessed 31 July 2015. )〕〔 In 1806 and 1807 she is known to have been under the command of James Bissett.〔Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy, David Bonner Smith〕 ''Courageux'' was placed on harbour service in 1814, and was broken up in 1832.〔 ==Notes, citations, and references== ;Notes ;Citations ;References *Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850.'' Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8. 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 Courageux (1800)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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