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HMS ''Monsieur'' was the former 40-gun French privateer ''Monsieur'', built at Le Havre between July 1778 and 1779, then armed at Granville. The Royal Navy captured her in 1780 and subsequently put her into service as a 36-gun Fifth Rate. This frigate was sold in 1783. ==Privateer== From August 1779 to March 1780, Nicholas Guidelou was her captain.〔Demerliac (1996), p.184, #1805.〕 On her first cruise, in the space of four months, he captured 28 prizes off the English and Irish coasts.〔 Only three of his prizes were retaken,〔 and he brought into port 543 prisoners and 120 cannon.〔Linguet (n.d.), p.81.〕 King Louis XVI honoured Guidelou with a sword and a letter of thanks.〔Cartwright (1911), p.319.〕 On 28 March 1779, ''Monsieur'' captured the Scots letter of marque ''Leveller'', off the harbour of Cork.〔''Naval Institute Proceedings'', Volume 39, p.1461.〕 Two days later, five leagues off Cape Clear, ''Monsieur'' captured the ''Polly'', sailing for Liverpool. After ''Polly'' was ransomed for 1250 guineas, the privateer let her continue her journey. The next day, 1 April, another French privateer fired at ''Polly'', but she was able to take refuge in the port of Skibbereen.〔Williams (1897/2004), p.252.〕 On 14 August 1779 John Paul Jones led a small squadron consisting of ''Bon Homme Richard'', ''Alliance'', ''Pallas'', ''Vengeance'', ''Cerf'', and two privateers, ''Monsieur'' and ''Granville'', out of Groa.〔United States War Records Office (1907), p.139.〕 On 18 August they recaptured the Dutch vessel ''Verwagting'', which an English privateer had captured eight days earlier. She had been carrying brandy and wine from Barcelona to Dunkirk. During the night ''Monsieur''s captain took what he wanted from the prize, and then sent her off to Ostend under his name and with his prize crew. Jones overhauled the prize, put his own prize crew aboard, and sent her off to Lorient under his orders.〔Brooks (1902), p.14.〕 The next evening ''Monsieur'' left Jones's squadron. ''Granville'' left either at the same time or soon thereafter. On 22 January 1780, the ''Lively'' was sailing from London to Liverpool when she fell victim to the Irish pirate vessel ''Black Prince''. ''Lively'' escaped only to fall victim to ''Monsieur'' two days later. ''Monsieur'' took all the crew out of ''Lively'', except for three boys, and put a 13-man prize crew aboard. On 4 February, the boys recaptured the ship while almost the entire prize crew was asleep. The next day they sailed to Kinsale where the letter of marque ''Hercules'' took possession.〔Williams (1897/2004), p.265.〕 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 Monsieur (1780)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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