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} |} HMS ''Julia'' was a British Royal Navy 16-gun brig-sloop of the ''Seagull'' class launched in February 1806. After a fairly uneventful decade-long career she was wrecked at Tristan da Cunha in 1817 with heavy loss of life. ==Napoleonic Wars== Commander Robert Yarker (occasionally mis-written as Tarker) commissioned ''Julia'' in February 1806 for the North Sea. He sailed her for the West Indies on 28 June 1807.〔 In March 1808 she was under the command of Commander John Ellis Watt, but one month later Commander Charles Warde was appointed to replace Watt. At the time ''Julia'' was in the Leeward Islands.〔 After capsized on 10 July, ''Julia'' rescued the nine survivors.〔Hepper (1994), p.124.〕 Watt still commanded ''Julia'' on 30 August when he captured a French lugger boat privateer, the ''Petit Decide'', of Martinique. She had a crew of 22 men, armed with small arms, and was sailing from Guadeloupe to Marie-Galante with a howitzer, ammunition, and other stores for the troops there. In November Commander Charles Kerr took command. Commander William Dowers replaced Kerr in 1809,〔 who later was appointed to on 11 December 1809. On 21 May 1809, ''Julia'' and ''Unique'' were at Basse Terre as part of a squadron under Captain Philip Beaver of . They sighted a French schooner sheltering under the protection of some guns, and recognized the vessel as one that had sailed under their protection for several days while flying the Swedish flag. Beaver sent in ''Julia'' and ''Unique'' to try and cut her out, but she was stuck fast on shore. Lieutenant Thomas Fellowes, captain of ''Unique'', then led a party of 24 men ashore to spike an enemy battery's guns despite being opposed by a large French regular force; in the attack one man was killed, a midshipman from ''Julia'', and seven men were seriously wounded. Of the remaining men, all but Fellowes were at least lightly wounded; he was the only unwounded man to return from the raid.〔Marshall (1828), Supplement, Part 2, pp. 320-1.〕 In early June 1809 ''Cherub'' and ''Julia'', under Dowers's command, sailed into the anchorage at Basse-Terre to cut out two French frigates lying there under the protection of a fort and some batteries. As they sailed in they were subject to fire from shore batteries, which fortunately had no effect. The wind suddenly failed the British vessels, which were nevertheless able to extricate themselves from the situation with no losses or damage, but no success either.〔Marshall (1828), Supplement, Part 2, pp.397-8.〕 On 18 June 1809 and captured one of the French frigates, the ''Félicité ''. At the time of her capture, ''Félicité'' was armed with only 14 guns, but had 174 men on board. She had left Guadeloupe in company with another frigate and was sailing to France with colonial produce. The second frigate escaped through superior sailing despite ''Cherub'' having conducted a long chase. ''Julia'' was among the vessels in sight or on the blockade of the Saints and so shared in the proceeds of the capture. captured the second frigate, the ''Furieuse'' , on 5 July 1809. In October 1810 Commander Henry Coxen replaced Dowers. The next year Commander Valentine Gardner replaced Coxen.〔 ''Julia'' was at Portsmouth on 31 July 1812 when the British authorities seized the American ships there and at Spithead on the outbreak of the War of 1812. She therefore shared, with numerous other vessels, in the subsequent prize money for these vessels: ''Belleville'', ''Aeos'', ''Janus'', ''Ganges'', and ''Leonidas''. Between September 1813 and March 1814 ''Julia'' underwent repairs and fitting for ordinary. She then remained in ordinary until 1815.〔 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 Julia (1806)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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