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HMS ''Daedalus'' was a nineteenth-century warship of the Royal Navy. She was launched as a fifth-rate frigate of 46 guns of the Modified ''Leda'' class in 1826, but never commissioned in that role, being roofed over fore and aft and then laid up in Ordinary (reserve). After spending 18 years laid up in reserve, she was raséed (cut down) at Woolwich Dockyard into a corvette, reduced to 19 guns in 1844. On 6 August 1848, Captain McQuhae of the ''Daedalus'' and several of his officers and crew (en route to St Helena) saw a sea serpent which was subsequently reported (and debated) in ''The Times''. The vessel sighted what they named as an enormous serpent between the Cape of Good Hope and St Helena. The serpent was witnessed to have been swimming with of its head above the water and they believed that there was another of the creature in the sea. Captain McQuahoe also said that "(creature ) passed rapidly, but so close under our lee quarter, that had it been a man of my acquaintance I should have easily have recognised his features with the naked eye." According to seven members of the crew it remained in view for around twenty minutes. Another officer wrote that the creature was more of a lizard than a serpent. Evolutionary biologist Gary J. Galbreath contends that what the crew of the Daedalus saw was a sei baleen whale.〔(''Mystery of the Daedalus Sea Serpent Solved''. Skeptical Inquirer. September-October 2015 )〕 In 1853 〔This date needs to be checked !〕the ''Daedalus'' was laid up at Plymouth Dockyard. Between March and June 1851〔And so does this one !〕 she was fitted out as a training ship, and transferred to the Royal Naval Reserve as a drill ship at Bristol. She was finally paid off from this role in September 1910, and sold in 1911 at Bristol to take to pieces. == References == 〔 * "Big eels and little eels" in Eagle Annual 1968, Oldhams books limited, Holland, 1967, p 118. * "Don't Shoot the Albatross!: Nautical Myths and Superstitions" by Jonathan Eyers, A&C Black, London, UK, 2011, p 87. * (Mid-Victorian ships of the Royal Navy ) * ''The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889'' Rif Winfield and David Lyon. Chatham Publishing, 2004. ISBN 1-86176-032-9. 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 Daedalus (1826)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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