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Launched in 1801 as ''Diadem'', the Admiralty renamed the Whitby-built vessel HMS ''Falcon'' on purchase in 1802 to avoid confusion with the pre-existing third rate . ''Falcon'' served in the north Atlantic and the Channel, and then in Danish waters during the Gunboat War. She was sold in 1816. == 1801 to 1806 == Commander James Nash commissioned ''Falcon'' in February 1801.〔 His replacement, in 1802, was Commander Henry M. Ommaney, who sailed her to Newfoundland. Near Newfoundland, ''Falcon'' captured two prizes – the ''Caroline'' on 17 July 1803 and on 28 July the apparently British-built ''Mercure''. Commander George Sanders took over command in Newfoundland February 1804.〔 Early in 1804 ''Falcon'' was refitting in Plymouth, before going on to serve in the Channel, where she engaged shore batteries at Le Havre. ''Falcon'' was also awarded prize money for the recapture, on 3 November, of the sloop ''John and Thomas''. ''Falcon'' then operated in the North Sea. On 10 June 1805, ''Falcon'', with ''Chiffone'', ''Clinker'', and ''Frances'' chased a French convoy for nine hours until it took shelter under the guns of Fécamp. The convoy consisted of two corvettes (''Foudre'' under ''Capitaine de vaisseau'' Jacques-Felix-Emmanuel Hemelin, and ''Audacieuse'', under Lieutenant Dominique Roquebert), four large gunvessels and eight others, and 14 transports. The British suffered some casualties from gunfire from shore batteries, with ''Falcon'' suffering four men wounded and some damage to her rigging.〔James (1837), Vol. 3, pp.307-8.〕 In company with ''Chiffone'', , and the hired armed cutter ''Frances'', ''Falcon'' was involved in the capture of the ''Zeeluft'' on 20 June 1805, and also shared in prize money from the cargoes of another two vessels captured that year. 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 Falcon (1802)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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