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} |} HMS ''Merope'' was a ''Crocus''-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, launched in 1808. She served during the Napoleonic Wars and had a relatively uneventful career that ended with her being sold for breaking up in 1815. ==Career== The ''Merope'' was one of ten ''Crocus''-class brig-sloops designed by the British navy for patrol and protection duties. They carried approximately 86 men, and were rated for fourteen cannons. This gave them a high ratio of firepower to tonnage, making them especially lethal. ''Merope'' was laid at Admiralty's Chatham Dockyard in November 1807, and, as the third of the class, launched in July 1808. Commander Michael Dod commissioned her in July 1808. He transferred to , which he commissioned in the Downs anchorage in October. ''Merope'' was recommissioned in 1810 under Commander John Houston, for the Leeward Islands station of the British fleet.〔 In 1811 she was under the command of Commander Edward Flin, who sailed her for the Mediterranean on 5 March 1812.〔 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 Merope (1808)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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