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HMS ''Majestic'' was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line launched on 11 December 1785 at Deptford.〔 She fought at the Battle of the Nile, where she engaged the French ships ''Tonnant'' and ''Heureux'', helping to force their surrenders. She was captained by George Blagdon Westcott, who was killed in the battle.〔Correspondence, Horatio Nelson to Admiralty 3 August 1798, cited in Dublin Penny Journal 1836, p. 389〕 On 22 February 1799, ''Majestic'' was in sight when , under the command of Captain James Sanders, captured the Spanish 14-gun xebec ''Africa'' some three leagues from Marbello on the Spanish coast. Captain Cuthbert, of ''Majestic'', transmitted Sanders's letter, adding his own endorsement extolling "the meritorious Conduct of Captain Sanders and his Ship's Company on the Occasion." ''Espoir'' and ''Majestic'' shared the prize money for the xebec, whose full name was ''Nostra Senora de Africa''. On 4 April, ''Majestic'' and destroyed a French privateer of unknown name. Head money was paid in 1828, almost 30 years later. ''Majestic'' was razeed into a 58-gun fourth-rate frigate in 1813. On 34 February 1814 ''Majestic'' encountered the French frigates ''Terpsichore'' and ''Atalante'', a 20-gun ship, and an apparently unarmed brig. ''Majestic'' was able to catch up with and engage the stern-most of the French vessels. After an engagement lasting two and a half hours, the frigate struck. She turned out to be the ''Terpsichore'', of 44 guns and 320 men, under the command of "''capitaine de frigate'' Breton Francois de Sire". In the action, ''Terpsichore'' lost three men killed, six wounded, and two drowned as the prisoners were being transported to ''Majestic''; British casualties were nil. Because of the weather and the approach of night, ''Majestic'' was unable to pursue the other three French vessels, which therefore escaped. The Royal Navy named ''Terpsichore'' HMS ''Modeste'', but never commissioned her. On 22 May 1814 ''Majestic'' recaptured the former British naval schooner , which the American privateer ''Decatur'' had captured the year before. At the time of her recapture, ''Dominica'' was sailing under a letter of marque, had a crew of 38 men, and was armed with four 6-pounder guns. ==Fate== ''Majestic'' was broken up in 1816 after a stranding.〔 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 Majestic (1785)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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