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HMS ''Fleur de la Mer'' was the French privateer ''Gipsey'', captured in 1806, and which the Royal Navy bought in 1807. She foundered in 1810. ==Royal Navy service== In early 1808 Lieutenant Thomas Huskisson commissioned ''Fleur de la Mer''. He had come out to the Jamaica station on , and once there Vice-Admiral Sir B. S. Rowley appointed him to ''Fleur de la Mer'' and put him to cruising off San Domingo. There he rescued a gentleman who had fallen afoul of Henri Christophe. Huskisson also visited Cartagena, where he was able to intercede and win the release of seven persons who had accompanied General Miranda’s British-supported and unsuccessful attempted invasion of the Captaincy General of Venezuela in 1806.〔Marshall (1828), Supplement, Part 2, p.340.〕 In 1808 ''Fleur de la Mer'' was renamed HMS ''Pike'' after the loss of the previous year.〔Winfield (2008), p.365.〕 However, in September 1808 recaptured ''Pike''. The earlier ''Pike'' apparently regained or kept her name, and the then current ''Pike'' reverted to ''Fleur de la Mer''. Huskisson was promoted to Commander on 19 January 1809, but did not find out about his promotion until May, at which time he transferred to command .〔 His successor in command of ''Fleur de la Mer'' was Lieutenant James Daly.〔 On 6 July 1809 ''Fleur de la Mer'' and ''Pike'' were among the vessels that carried out the blockade of the city of Santo Domingo that accompanied the siege, and they were both present at its surrender.〔Marshall (1825), Vol. 2, Part 2, pp.970-1.〕 In 1810, Lieutenant John Alexander replaced Daly.〔 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 Fleur de la Mer (1807)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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