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HMS ''Hussar'' was a 28-gun ''Enterprise''-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. The ''Hussar'' was first commissioned in May 1790 under the command of Captain Eliab Harvey. ==Career== On 2 May 1795 Rear Admiral George Murray sent Captain Alexander Cochrane in , together with ''Hussar'', to intercept three French supply ships reported at Hampton Roads.〔 At daybreak on 17 May the British came upon five ships 20 leagues West by South from Cape Henry. The French made a line of battle to receive the British frigates. An action commenced, with three of the French vessels eventually striking their colours. ''Thetis'' took possession of the largest, which turned out to be ''Prévoyante'', pierced for 36 guns but only mounting 24. ''Hussar'' captured a second, the ''Raison'', pierced for 24 guns but only mounting 18. One of the vessels that had struck nonetheless sailed off. Two of the five had broken off the fight and sailed off earlier. (The three that escaped were the ''Normand'', ''Trajan'', and ''Hernoux''.) An hour after she had struck, ''Prévoyantes'' main and foremasts fell over the side. In the battle, ''Thetis'' had lost eight men killed and 9 wounded; ''Hussar'' had only two men wounded.〔 Four of the French ships had escaped from Guadeloupe on 25 April. They had sailed to American ports to gather provisions and naval stores to bring back to France. Cochrane had intended to leave the prizes in charge of the cutter ''Prince Edward'' after repairing the damage to his vessel during the night. However, a breeze picked up and by morning the escaping French vessels were out of sight. The British sailed with their prizes to Halifax. The British took ''Prévoyante'' into the Royal Navy as HMS ''Prevoyante''. On 20 July, ''Hussar'' was in company with ''Thetis'' and when they intercepted the American vessel ''Cincinnatus'', of Wilmington, sailing from Ireland to Wilmington. They pressed many men on board, narrowly exempting the Irish revolutionary Wolfe Tone, who was going to Philadelphia.〔''New Monthly Magazine'', Volume 19, p. 487.〕 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 Hussar (1784)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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