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HMS ''Jason'' was a 32-gun fifth rate ''Thames''-class frigate of the Royal Navy, launched in 1804 at Woolwich. She was broken up in 1815. ==Service== ''Jason'' entered service in 1805 under the command of Captain P. William Champain, and served in the Leeward Islands as the flagship of Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane. In October, ''Jason'' captured the French corvette ''Naiade'' off Barbados and a Spanish merchant ship ''Three Brothers''. (The Royal Navy took ''Naiade'' into service as HMS ''Melville''.) In 1806, command of ''Jason'' passed to Captain Thomas John Cochrane. In June she participated in an attack on a Spanish gun battery at Aguadilla on Puerto Rico. Although the attacking force came under heavier fire than expected, the battery was eventually carried successfully. In 1807, ''Jason'' was detached, together with the brig , to the coast of Surinam to search for the French sloop ''Favorite'', which she discovered in January and captured in a short engagement. ''Favorite'' had been a Royal Navy sloop that the French had captured in January 1806; the Royal Navy took her back into service as HMS ''Goree''. In 1808 ''Jason'' was involved in a mutiny off New York, when local inhabitants persuaded a shore party to revolt. The rebellion spread to the ship and it was only with difficulty that the officers subdued the mutineers, the first lieutenant driving them below with a pike and locking them in; 45 men were later court martialled at Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 1809 command passed to Captain William Maude and ''Jason'' participated in the attack on the ''Topaze'' off Guadeloupe in the successful Action of 22 January 1809. In April 1809, a strong French squadron arrived at the Îles des Saintes, south of Guadeloupe. There they were blockaded until 14 April, when a British force under Major-General Frederick Maitland and Captain Philip Beaver in , invaded and captured the islands. ''Jason'' was among the naval vessels that shared in the proceeds of the capture of the islands. Command later passed to James William King and then Charles John Napier, returning to King in 1811. She served on the Jamaica and North Sea stations in 1812 and 1813. On 12 July 1812, Jason detained the American brig ''Cyrus''. Two days later ''Jason'' captured the American ship ''Three Friends''. In 1814 ''Jason'' formed part of the escort for King Louis XVIII of France and later for the Russian and Prussian Emperors during the negotiations to end the Napoleonic Wars. 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 Jason (1804)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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