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HMS ''Ethalion'' was a Royal Navy 36-gun frigate, launched in 1802 at Woolwich Dockyard. ==Service== ''Ethalion'' entered service in 1803 under Captain Charles Stuart, operating in the North Sea. In May 1804 she captured the 16-gun Dutch brig ''Union'' off Bergen. In 1807, command passed to William Charles Fahie, who took ''Ethalion'' to the West Indies. In December 1807 ''Ethalion'' was part of the squadron under Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane that captured the Danish islands of St Thomas on 22 December and Santa Cruz on 25 December. The Danes did not resist and the invasion was bloodless. ''Ethalion'' also participated in the invasion of Martinique in 1809 under Captain Thomas John Cochrane. In April 1809, a strong French squadron arrived at the Îles des Saintes, south of Guadeloupe. There they were blockaded until 14 April, when a British force under Major-General Frederick Maitland and Captain Philip Beaver in , invaded and captured the islands. ''Ethalion'' played a distant part in the Action of 14–17 April 1809. Even so, she was among the naval vessels that shared in the proceeds of the capture of the islands. In 1810, ''Ethalion'' briefly paid off, before returning to service in 1811 off Lisbon under Captain Heywood and then in the Baltic Sea. On 12 April 1812, ''Ethalion'' and captured the ''Opsloe''. ''Ethalion'' sailed from the St Lawrence River on 12 November 1813, but bad weather dispersed the vessels. She recaptured the ''Pomona'', of Teignmouth, off the coast of Ireland.''Pomona'' had been a prize to the American privateer Prince de Neufchatel.〔''Lloyd's List'' 24 December 1813() - accessed 12 November 2013.〕 In 1814 ''Ethalion'' was operating under Captain William Hugh Dobbie off the Irish Coast and in 1816 was placed in reserve at Woolwich. 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 Ethalion (1802)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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