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} |} The ''Mutine'' was a 12-gun ''Belliqueuse''-class gun-brig of the French Navy,〔Roche, vol.1, p.320〕 built to a design by Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait, and launched in 1794 at Honfleur. She took part in the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, where the British captured her. She was recommissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS ''Mutine'', and eventually sold in 1803. ==French service and capture== After her commissioning, ''Mutine'' served at Le Havre, Brest, La Rochelle, and Rochefort. Initially, she served under the command of ''lieutenant de vaisseau'' Beenst (the elder).〔 In 1795, under ''enseigne de vaisseau non entretenu'' Lefebvre, she escorted a prize back to la Rochelle.〔''Fonds'', Vol. 1, p.68.〕 Then she cruised the coasts of Guinea before returning to Rochefort.〔''Fonds'', Vol. 1, p.138.〕 On 4 March 1796, under ''lieutenant de vaisseau'' Xavier Pomiès ''Mutine'' departed île d'Aix in a frigate division under Rear-admiral Sercey, bound for a campaign in the Indies; however, a gale damaged her and she had to double back for repairs. She then took part in the Expédition d'Irlande.〔 She also made a voyage from Rochefort, to Ferrol then to Tenerife, before returning to Lorient.〔 In 1797, ''Mutine'' was sent on a secret mission to Batavia under Pomiès, by then promoted to ''capitaine de frégate''.〔''Fonds'', Vol. 1, p. 181.〕 She sailed from Brest on 8 May 1797 for Île de France and had put into the Bay of Santa Cruz on 26 May to take on water. Lieutenant Thomas Hardy captured ''Mutine'' on 29 May during the battle for Santa Cruz.〔Hardy would later become Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson's flag captain at the Battle of Trafalgar〕 Hardy led a cutting out party using boats from ''Minerve'' and , and was able to board and capture ''Mutine''. He then sailed her out of the port to the British fleet under heavy fire from shore and naval guns. Hardy was wounded during the action, as were 14 of the other British officers and men in the cutting out party.〔 Captain Pomiès was on shore at the time of her capture.〔 In 1847 the Admiralty recognized the action by awarding the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "29 May Boat Service 1797" to the surviving claimants from the action. A French account states that not only was Pomiès ashore at the time of Hardy's attack, so were almost all of ''Mutine''s crew members. Although this made it easier for the British to capture her, it rebounded to the benefit of France's ally, Spain, at the battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in July. The French sailors augmented the force that Lieutenant General Antonio Gutiérrez de Otero y Santayana cobbled together to resist, and ultimately repel, the British attack, which became a debacle that cost Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson his right arm.〔Barrey (1907), pp.58-9.〕 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 Mutine (1797)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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