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} |} ''Heureux'' was a 22-gun French privateer brig that the British captured in 1800. She served with the Royal Navy as the 22-gun post ship HMS ''Heureux''. She captured numerous French and Spanish privateers and merchant vessels in the Caribbean before she was lost at sea in 1806. Her fate remains a mystery to this day. ==French privateer== The frigate , commanded by Captain Robert Barlow, captured the privateer ''Heureux'' in the English Channel off Bordeaux on 5 March 1800. ''Heureux'', of 22 long brass 12-pounders and 220 men, mistook ''Phoebe'' for an East Indiaman, and approached her. ''Heureux'' did not discover her mistake until she had arrived within point-blank musket-shot. She then wore upon the ''Phoebe''s weather bow and hauled to the wind on the same tack. ''Heureux'' opened fire in an attempt to disable ''Phoebe''s masts, rigging, and sails, and thereby enable ''Heureux'' to escape.〔James (1837), Vol. 3, pp.33-4.〕 ''Phoebe's'' broadside, however, was too powerful and ''Heureux'' was forced to strike her colours. ''Phoebe'' had three seamen killed, or mortally wounded, and three slightly wounded. ''Heureux'' had 18 men killed and 25 wounded, most of whom lost limbs.〔 Eleven former British sailors were found serving among ''Heureux''s crew, and were placed in irons for transportation back to England.〔Grocott (2002), p. 217〕 She had been out 42 days but had only taken one prize, a small Portuguese sloop with a cargo of wine. The sloop had been blown out to sea while on her way from Limerick to Galway.〔 ''Heureux'' had intended to cruise the West Indies. Instead, she arrived at Plymouth as a prize on 25 March 1800. Barlow described ''Heureux'' as "the most complete flush deck ship I have ever seen, copper fastened, highly finished and of large dimensions". Furthermore, "she will be considered as a most desirable ship for His Majesty's Service."〔 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 Heureux (1800)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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