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} |} HMS ''Gleaner'' was the mercantile ketch ''Gleaner'', launched in 1802. She served the Royal Navy as the "hired ketch ''Gleaner''" from 12 July 1808 until the Navy purchased her in 1809. Initially she served as a light vessel and survey vessel. From early 1811 to August 1811 she served in the Mediterranean, where she captured an Ottoman vessel. She then became a yard lighter and a light vessel again. Then in 1812 she was on the North American station where she participated in the capture of several merchant vessels. Next she returned to the Mediterranean where she captured a privateer. Finally, she served off the north coast of Spain where she was wrecked on 2 March 1814. ==''Gleaner''== ''Gleaner'' was launched in 1802 and the Royal Navy hired her from 12 July 1808. She was under the command of Lieutenant Andrew Green. On 2 December Green and ''Gleaner'' captured the Danish sloop ''Emanuel'', Jeffen, master. She had been sailing from Droutheim to Bordeaux and arrived at Plymouth on 7 December.〔''Lloyd's List'', no.4308,()- 14 July 2015.〕 On 17 January 1809, ''Gleaner'' was on the coast of Spain, ready to take dispatches back to Britain. ==HMS ''Gleaner''== The Navy purchased ''Gleaner'' in 1809 and ordered her to be “fitted out as a float light for Thornton Ridge," (), "established with guns and men."〔HMS Gleaner,() - accessed 13 July 2015.〕 Although the Navy purchased ''Gleaner'', many subsequent reports still refer to her as a "hired ketch" or "Hired armed ketch". Already by early 1810 ''Gleaner'' was carrying dispatches and capturing vessels. In March she detained the ''America'', Dunkin, master, which was sailing from Baltimore and Lisbon. ''Gleaner'' sent her into Plymouth.〔''Lloyd's List'', no. 4439,() - accessed 14 July 2015.〕 On 30 October ''Gleaner'' was at Falmouth, having brought mails from Surinam.〔''Lloyd's List'', no.4505() - accessed 14 July 2015.〕 Eleven days later she sailed for Surinam again.〔''Lloyd's List'', no.4517() - accessed 14 July 2015.〕 In 1811 ''Gleaner'' sailed for the Mediterranean. Early in 1811, Lieutenant Alexander Branch was First lieutenant on , which was operating in the Aegean archipelago. Captain Charles Ferguson of ''Pylades'' ordered Branch to take charge of the "armed ketch" ''Gleaner'', during the temporary absence of her proper commander,〔 and to search all the Greek vessels he could find to see if they were carrying French cargoes under a neutral flag. Off Samos ''Gleaner'' encountered a polacca of 12 long guns and 70 men. A two-hour single-ship action before the pollaca struck. During the action a cannon ball mangled Branch's right leg. He lay essentially untreated until ''Gleaner'' was able to reach Smyrna five days alter, where his leg was amputated. He then endured three months of suffering before he was able to heal. Despite the gallantry of the action, Branch did not receive promotion, and it was another two years before he received a pension for his injuries.〔O'Byrne (1849), Vol. 1, p.116.〕 As soon as he was able to move on crutches, Lieutenant Branch returned to ''Pylades'' and remained senior lieutenant on her until she returned to England in late 1811. The Sublime Porte claimed the polacca on the grounds that she belonged to an Ottoman subject. The British Ambassador to the Sublime Porte argued that she should be declared a legitimate prize, but was unable to prevail and she was restored to Ottoman control.〔Marshall (1830), Supplement, Part 4, pp.426-428.〕 In August 1811, ''Gleaner'' became a dockyard lighter,〔Colledge (2010), p.161.〕 and a light vessel for the Galloper Sands ().〔 In 1812 ''Gleaner'' was under the command of her master, Mr. J. Trickey.〔Winfield (2008), p.399.〕 On 19 June she sailed for North America. She was reported to have arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia on 22 July to verify the news of war, but then sailed to New York.〔Lloyd's List'', no. 4696,() - accessed 14 July 2015.〕 Before ''Gleaner'' arrived at Halifax, she participated in some captures. On 18 July , which was apparently serving on the Halifax, Nova Scotia station, captured the ship ''Magnet'', of 172 tons (bm), from Belfast, bound to New York, with passengers, and a small quantity of linen. The Royal Navy took into service as a prison ship at Halifax, Nova Scotia. ''Ringdove'' was in company with ''Gleaner''. The next day ''Ringdove'' captured the schooner ''Rover'', of 98 tons (bm), sailing from Liverpool for Amelia Island. ''Rover'' was carrying coals, earthenware, and hardware. Once again ''Gleaner'' was in sight. On 27 February 1813, the "Gleaner hired armed ketch", Lieutenant William Knight, captured the schooner ''Amphrite'', of 164 tons (bm). She was sailing from New York to Bordeaux with a cargo of cotton and potash. One month later, Knight wrote that ''Gleaner'' had captured the French privateer ''Adelaide'' some six leagues WNW of Cape St Vito (Sicily). While both vessels were lying becalmed, the privateer used her sweeps to bring her into position to attack ''Gleaner''. ''Adelaide'' was armed with six guns and had a crew of 46 men. Nevertheless, she struck to ''Gleaner''. ''Adelaide'' was five days out of Naples and had taken nothing. Knight's letter was dated at Plymouth on 6 May, suggesting that ''Gleaner'' had been in the Mediterranean carrying dispatches, and then returned. On 23 October 1813 ''Gleaner'', still under the command of William Knight, was in sight when ''Andromache'' captured the French frigate ''Trave'' after an engagement of only 15 minutes. ''Trave'', although a new vessel, had lost her masts in a storm and was sailing under jury-rigged masts and so unable to maneuver. She was armed with twenty-eight French 18-pounder long guns sixteen 18-pounder carronades, and had a crew of 321 men, almost all Dutch. Before she struck she had one man killed, and 28 men wounded, including her commander ''capitaine de frégate'' Jacob Van Maren. ''Andromache'' had little damage and only two men wounded. The Royal Navy took ''Trave'' into service as the troopship ''Trave''. Lieutenant Alexander Branch returned to command of ''Gleaner'' on 2 December 1813, on the north coast of Spain.〔 As the Duke of Wellington moved on Bayonne, ''Gleaner'' blockaded the Ardour river. On 24 February 1814 when a flotilla of hired and purchased boats crossed the highly dangerous waters at the bar to the river, preparatory to erecting a floating bridge, Rear-Admiral Penrose hoisted his flag on ''Gleaner'' to supervise the operation.〔 Although some boats had been lost and a number of men drowned, 25 chasse marees and some gunboats succeeded in getting into the river. There they formed a 900-yard long floating bridge.〔Marshall (1829), Supplement, Part 2, pp.278-285.〕 In January 1819, the ''London Gazette'' reported that Parliament had voted a grant to all those who had served under the command of Admiral Viscount Keith in 1812, between 1812 and 1814, and in the Gironde, the grant to include the vessels that had crossed the bar of the Ardour. ''Gleaner'' was listed among the vessels that had served under Keith in 1813 and 1814. 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 Gleaner (1809)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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