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HMS ''Hermione'' was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was notorious for having the bloodiest mutiny in British naval history, which saw her captain and most of the officers killed. The mutineers then handed the ship over to the Spanish, with whom she remained for two years before being cut out and returned to Royal Navy service under the names ''Retaliation'' and later ''Retribution''. ==Early years== HMS ''Hermione'' was the lead ship of a six-ship class of frigates designed by Edward Hunt and termed the ''Hermione'' class. She was launched on 9 September 1782 from Teast's of Bristol, having cost £11,350.14s.4d to build, with a further £4,570.2s.2d spent on dockyard expenses, and £723.16s.9d on fitting out. She was commissioned initially under Captain Thomas Lloyd, who commanded her until she was paid off in April 1783. She recommissioned that same month under Captain John Stone, who sailed her to Nova Scotia on 17 October,〔 after which she was paid off in 1785. ''Hermione'' may have then been recommissioned under Captain William H. Ricketts during the Spanish Armament of 1790, though this is uncertain.〔 She did, however, undergo a repair between October 1790 and June 1792, followed by a period spent refitting at Chatham Dockyard until January 1793. She was recommissioned in December 1792 under Captain John Hills, under whom she sailed to Jamaica on 10 March 1793. She served in the West Indies during the early years of the French Revolutionary Wars. On 4 June, ''Hermione'', under Hills, participated in the British attack on Port-au-Prince, where she led a small squadron that accompanied the troop transports. ''Hermione'' had five men killed and six wounded in the attack. The British captured the town and its defences, and in taking the port they also captured a large number of merchant vessels. ''Hermione'' was among the vessels that shared in the capture on 17 July of the ''Lady Walterstasse''. Hills died from yellow fever (fatal "Black Vomit"), at Port Royal, Jamaica, in September 1794.〔''The Gentlemans Magazine'' (1850). Vol. 188, p.662.〕 Captain Philip Wilkinson replaced Hills and was himself replaced in February 1797 — the year of the Spithead and Nore mutinies — by Captain Hugh Pigot.〔 Pigot was a cruel officer who meted out severe and arbitrary punishment to his crew. During a nine-month period, as captain of his previous command he ordered at least 85 floggings, the equivalent of half the crew; two men died from their injuries. ''Hermione'' was sent to patrol the Mona Passage between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. Under Pigot, she destroyed three privateers at Puerto Rico on 22 March 1797. On 20 April ''Hermione'' was the lead ship in a squadron formed of the 32-gun frigates and , the 14-gun brig , and the cutter . The squadron cut out nine ships at the Battle of Jean-Rabel without suffering any casualties.〔Clowes ''et al.'', (1897-1903), pp. 334-5.〕〔James (1837), Vol. 2, p.100-1.〕 On 6 September 1797 she was in company with and when ''Diligence'' captured a Spanish 6-gun packet ship with troops on board. 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 Hermione (1782)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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