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HMS ''Cumberland'' was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 29 March 1774 at Deptford Dockyard.〔 She participated in the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1780. She captured the French 18-gun privateer ship-sloop ''Duc de Chartres'' in c. February 1781. The Royal Navy took the privateer into service as .〔Demerliac (1996), p. 182, #1777.〕 ''Cumberland'' then sailed to the East Indies, where she participated in the Battle of Cuddalore in 1783. ==Napoleonic Wars== ''Cumberland'' took an incidental part in the Action of 28 June 1803, during the Blockade of Saint-Domingue. Two days later, ''Cumberland'' and her squadron were between Jean-Rabel and St. Nichola Mole in the West Indies, having just parted with a convoy when they spotted a sail of what appeared to be a large French warship. ''Cumberland'' and approached her and after a few shots from ''Vanguard'' the French vessel surrendered, having suffered two men badly wounded, and being greatly outgunned. She proved to be the frigate ''Créole'', of 44 guns, primarily 18-pounders, under the command of Citizen Le Ballard. She had been sailing from Cape François to Port au Prince with General Morgan (the second in command of San Domingo), his staff, and 530 soldiers on board, in addition to her crew of 150 men. The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS ''Creole''. While the British were taking possession of ''Creole'', a small French navy schooner, under the command of a lieutenant, and sailing the same trajectory as ''Creole'', sailed into the squadron and she too was seized. She had on board 100 bloodhounds from Cuba, which were "intended to accompany the Army serving against the Blacks." 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 Cumberland (1774)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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