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} |} HMS ''Esperance'' was launched in America in 1781, and is first listed in ''Lloyd's Register'' in 1784 under the name ''Clementina''. She then served as a slave ship, sailing out of Liverpool. In 1786 Brent and Co. purchased her, renamed her ''Ellis'', but still sailed her as a slaver. In 1793 she became the privateer ''Ellis''. The French captured her, then the Spanish, and then the French recaptured her. After returning to French ownership, she became the French corvette ''Esperance''. The Royal Navy captured her in 1795 and took her into service as HMS ''Esperance''. Thus, in her brief military career, ''Esperance'' had changed hands four times.〔Winfield (2008), p. 257.〕 She was sold in 1798. ==Early history== The vessel that ''Esperance'' was built in America and launched in 1781, probably under the name ''Clementina''. She first appears in ''Lloyd's Register'' in 1783 A database of slave trading voyages by vessels from Liverpool makes clear that ''Clementina'' was a slave trader. The next year Captain J. Elworthy sailed her to West Central Africa and St Helena. He transported his slaves to South Carolina. then in 1785 Elworthy gathered slaves in the Bight of Biafra and the Gulf of Guinea Islands that he delivered to Jamaica. In 1786 Bent & Co. purchased ''Clementina'' and renamed her ''Ellis'', presumably after Ellis Bent. She remained in the slave trade. In 1788 Captain John Ford sailed to the Bight of Biafra and the Gulf of Guinea Islands. He delivered his slaves to the island of Grenada. The next year, 1789, ''Ellis'' was almost completely rebuilt, and from the change in subsequent reports of her burthen, enlarged. In 1791, Captain Joseph Matthews sailed to the Gold Coast. He delivered his slaves to the island of St Vincent. During the voyage some misfortune may have befallen Matthews because command apparently transferred to Thomas Given. In 1792, Given sailed to Bight of Biafra and the Gulf of Guinea Islands. He delivered his slaves to Jamaica. There is a parallel record, also for 1793, that ''Ellis'' under the command of Thomas Heart, and with the same itinerary. The history of ''Clementina''/''Ellis'', as outlined in ''Lloyd's Register'' is at the end of the article in the section ''Lloyd's Register''. The entries in ''Lloyd's Register'' are broadly consistent with respect to masters' names and years with those from the database on slave voyages. In 1793, Bent & Co. decided to use ''Ellis'' as a privateer. ''Ellis'', with John Levingston as master, received a letter of marque on 3 June 1793.〔(Dun, Michael. Transcription )〕 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 Esperance (1795)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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