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} |} HMS ''Eclipse'' was a Royal Navy built by John King at Dover and launched in 1807.〔Winfield (2008), p.298.〕 She served off Portugal and then in the Indian Ocean at the capture of the Île de France. Shortly thereafter she captured Tamatave. She was sold for mercantile service in 1815. She then continued to trade until 1833. ==Service== ''Eclipse'' entered service in September 1807 under Commander John Douglas. In December Captain George A. Creyke took command immediately sailed her for the Portuguese coast on 2 January 1808,.〔 There ''Eclipse'' observed the seizure of Oporto by the French and the subsequent uprising that led to the First Battle of Oporto. Creyke rescued several of the French administrators from death at the hands of the populace by taking the administrators prisoner. He also mounted cannon on a Brazilian ship in the harbour to create a floating battery, under a British officer, to defend a bridge, should the French advance.〔''The Edinburgh annual register'', Volume 1, p.146-7.〕 On 26 February 1808 ''Eclipse'' was in company with when they captured the ''Sally and Hetty'', William Fleming, Master. Then on 3 March ''Eclipse'' sailed for the Leeward Islands.〔 On 7 March , with ''Eclipse'' and ''Blossom'' in company, captured the ''Hetty''. On 29 May 1808 she captured the American ship ''Romeo''. It is not clear on what grounds she seized the American vessel, but prize money was awarded. On 6 February 1810 she recaptured ''Unanimity''. That same day, she and also recaptured ''Dobridge'' and ''Hercules''. ''Hercules'', Duncan, master, which had been sailing from Malta to London when she was captured on 3 February, came into Plymouth on 8 February.〔''Lloyd's List'', 13 February 1810() - accessed 23 November 2013.〕 Command then passed to George Henderson who sailed ''Eclipse'' to the Indian Ocean, leaving on 16 June. There she joined the squadron that successfully prepared and launched the Invasion of Île de France in December 1810. Henderson was subsequently promoted to command the frigate ''Nereide'', and ''Eclipse'' remained in the Indian Ocean. From December on she was under the command of Commander Henry Lynne.〔On taking command he was an acting commander, but he was confirmed in the rank in April 1811.〕〔 On 18 February 1811 ''Eclipse'', with a detachment of British troops of the 22nd Regiment and Bourbon rifle corps, took first Tamatave and then Foule Point, the last French settlements on the east coast of Madagascar.〔Norie (1842), p.271.〕 Somewhere around this time she reportedly captured a French letter of marque brig with dispatches. In 1811 she also captured the ''Maria Louisa'', and recaptured the ''Donna Emilia'', with in company. By March ''Eclipse'' was under the command of Commander W. Steed.〔Reid (1838), pp.232-9.〕 By agreement, ''Eclipse'' and ''Nisus'' shared in the prize money for the capture of the ''Renommée'' on 20 May 1811 at the Battle of Tamatave, and one week later of the ''Néréide''. On 5 January 1812 ''Eclipse'', again with ''Racehorse'' in company, took the lugger ''Eliza'' with 145 slaves, which she sent to the Cape of Good Hope.〔Metropolitan Trust Company (London, England). ''Report of the directors'', Volumes 6-9, p.39.〕 Around February arrived from the Cape of Good Hope to relieve ''Eclipse''. On 9 September 1812 ''Eclipse'' arrived in Portsmouth from the Cape of Good Hope. She sailed for the Leeward Islands on 6 February 1813.〔 There she captured the American brig ''Olive Branch'', of Connecticut, and sent her into St Vincents.〔''Lloyd's List'', 2 July 1813() - accessed 23 November 2013.〕 ''Eclipse'' was in company with when, on 13 March 1814, they captured the brigantine ''Admiral Martin'', which they sent in to Antigua. 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 Eclipse (1807)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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