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} |} HMS ''Lark'' was a 32-gun ''Richmond''-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1762〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Archaeological Sites Under Investigation at AUVfest 2008 )〕 and destroyed in Narragansett Bay in 1778, during the American Revolutionary War. Between 29 May and 18 July, the British captured a number of vessels: the sloops ''Sally'' and ''Fancy'', snow ''Baron D'Ozell'', ''Olive Branch'', sloop ''Betsey'', and schooner ''Sally''. ''Lark'' shared the prize money with , , , and the ''Pigot'' galley. French Admiral d'Estaing's squadron arrived in Narragansett Bay on 29 July 1778 to support the American army under General George Washington during the battle of Rhode Island. On 30 July, four French ships of the line entered Narrangansett Bay and positioned themselves north of Conanicut Island to support the American and French forces in the battle of Rhode Island. The arrival of the French vessels trapped several British vessels, ''Lark'' among them. On 5 August 1778, as ''Lark'' lay off Newport, Captain Richard Smith had her set on fire and her cables cut. She then drifted on to shore.〔Hepper (1994), p.52.〕 The Royal Navy ended up having to destroy ten of their own vessels in all.〔 The remains of ''Lark'' are now part of a site listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the "Wreck Sites of HMS ''Cerberus'' and HMS ''Lark''." == Citations and references == 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 Lark (1762)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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