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Four vessels of Britain's Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Dominica'', named for the island of Dominica. * was a schooner purchased in 1805, whose crew mutinied in 1806 and turned her over to the French who sent her out as the privateer ''Napoleon''. Within four days of the mutiny had recaptured her; she was taken back into service under her original name and broken up in 1808. * was the privateer schooner ''Tape a L’Oeil'', which captured in 1807. ''Dominica'' was lost in a hurricane off Tortola in August 1809. * was the French privateer schooner ''Duc de Wagram'', which the Royal Navy captured in 1809 and purchased the next year. The American privateer ''Decatur'' captured her in 1813, but recaptured her in 1814. She was recommissioned and was wrecked on the Bermuda Reefs off Bermuda in 1815 while escorting a convoy. * HMS ''Dominica'' (K507) was a Colony-class frigate of the United Kingdom during World War II, launched in 1943 and scrapped in 1947. ==References== * * 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 Dominica」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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