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} |} ''HMS Jupiter'' was a 50-gun ''Portland''-class fourth-rate ship of the Royal Navy. She served during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars in a career that spanned thirty years. She was also one of the fastest ships in the Royal Navy as shown by her attempt to capture the cutter ''Eclipse'' under Nathaniel Fanning. Built in Rotherhithe, she was launched in 1778. On 1 April 1779 she assisted after ''Delight'' captured the French 20-gun privateer ''Jean Bart''. On 2 October 1779, ''Jupiter'' captured two French cutters, each of 14 guns and 120 men. The Royal Navy took both into service essentially under their existing names. One was ''Mutin'', under the command of Chevalier de Roquefeiul. She was pierced for 16 guns but carried 14, either 4 or 6-pounders. 〔Demerliac (1996), p. 87, #574.〕 The other was ''Pilote'', under the command of Chevalier de Clonard. She carried the same armament as ''Mutine'' (or ''Mutin'').〔Demerliac (1996), p.87, #573.〕 The cutters surrendered after an engagement that left ''Mutin'' dismasted.〔 ''Jupiter'' fought at the battle of Porto Praya in 1781 and the Battle of Muizenberg in 1795, winning the battle honour 'Cape of Good Hope' for the latter. In 1799 ''Jupiter'' battled a French frigate in the aftermath of the Battle of Algoa Bay. On 17 September 1801 she arrived at Cape Town from Rio de Janeiro, together with and , after a voyage of about a month. had escorted a convoy of East Indiamen bound for China to Rio, together with ''Hindostan''. They had arrived there on 1 August. Captain George Losack, of ''Jupiter'', decided to accompany the convoy eastward until they were unlikely to encounter some Spanish and French vessels known to be cruising off Brazil.〔Government of the Cape Colony (1899), Vol. 4, pp.76-7.〕 ''Jupiter'' shared with , ''Hindostan'', and in the capture of the ''Union'' on 27 May 1803. ==Fate== She was wrecked on 10 December 1808 in Vigo Bay, but all her crew were saved. 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 Jupiter (1778)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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