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} |} HMS ''Landrail'' was a ''Cuckoo''-class schooner built by Thomas Sutton at Ringmore, Teignmouth. Like all her class she carried four 12-pounder carronades and had a crew of 20.〔Winfield (2008), pp.361.〕 She had a relatively uneventful career during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 until 1814 when she was taken in a notable action, and then retaken. She was sold in approximately 1818. ==Service== The first mention of her service occurred in 1812 when she operated in the Channel under the command of Lieutenant John Hill.〔 On the afternoon of 18 December 1812 ''Landrail'' chased the French 40-gun frigate ''Gloire'' in company with the 18-gun ship-sloop ''Albacore'', the 12-gun schooner ''Pickle'' and the 12-gun brig-sloop .〔James (1837), Vol. 6, p.7.〕 ''Albacore'' and ''Pickle'' had found themselves close to the much larger French ship off The Lizard at daybreak in light winds. In the exchange of fire ''Albacore'' suffered one man killed and six or seven wounded before she pulled back. ''Borer'' and ''Landrail'' closed to assist, but ''Gloire'' managed to outrun her pursuers. In the engagement ''Landrail'' did not actually fire her guns. As James put it, “for the Landrail to have fired her 12-pounders would have been a farce.”〔 In 1813 ''Landrail'' performed a number of duties, including accompanying a convoy to the Baltic and carrying dispatches to Heligoland. On 17 June ''Landrail'' captured the Danish sloop ''Resolutionen'', C. P. Albech, Master. Then some months later, on 13 November, she captured the Danish vessel ''Hoffnung''. On 6 January 1814 ''Landrail'' arrived at the Isles of Scilly where she was put under quarantine. She brought with her the ship ''Duck'', bound from Newfoundland to Portugal, which also carried the crews of a number of merchant vessels that two French frigates had captured.〔(Naval Database )〕 On 22 March she arrived at Falmouth from Bordeaux with a French officer with dispatches. On 21 June Lieutenant Robert Daniel Lancaster took command.〔 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 Landrail (1806)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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