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} |} HMS ''Nancy'' was the mercantile vessel ''Nancy'' that the Royal Navy purchased in 1794 for use as a fire ship. She was never expended as a fireship but instead served as a small gunboat. The Navy sold her at Deptford in 1801. ''Nancy'' underwent fitting out at Woolwich between May and 9 August 1794. The Navy commissioned her in June 1794 under Mr. Jeremy Brown. A formal listing of the vessels under the command of Captain Sidney Smith lists her, together with five similar fire ships.〔Barrow (1848), p.162.〕 In September 1795 ''Nancy'' was at the Îles Saint-Marcouf, which the Royal Navy had occupied in July 1795, possibly at the same time as the British forces there repelled a French attack.〔Barrow (1848), p.174-5.〕 On 10 March 1796 a court martial convened on , then at Portsmouth, to try Mr. Mark Moore, commander of ''Nancy'', for embezzlement. The court found him guilty and ordered him dismissed the service, never to serve again in His Majesty's naval service.〔Byrn (2009), pp.204-210.〕 ''Nancy'' was recommissioned in March 1800 under Lieutenant William Fitzwilliam Owen, for the Downs. An account of the "State of the Navy" described her as a fire vessel, with no guns, and under the command of "Owen".〔''Naval Chronicle'', Vol. 5 (Jan-Jul 1801), p.551.〕 In late 1801 the hired armed cutter ''King George'', under the command of a Mr. Yawkins, served under Nelson at his failed attack on Boulogne. On 25 August Nelson came aboard ''King George'' to conduct a reconnaissance of the French fleet. In October Nelson gave Owen command over the ''King George'' as well, with secret instructions to launch a burning ''Nancy'' at the French fleet.〔Nelson (1845), Vol. 4, pp.501-2.〕 The fire attack did not occur and ''Nancy'' was sold in December. ==Citations and references== ;Citations ;References *Barrow, John (1848) ''The Life and Correspondence of Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith, Volume 1''. (Bentley). *Byrn, John D. (2009) ''Naval Courts Martial, 1793-1815''. (Ashgate). ISBN 978-0754667810 *Nelson, Horatio, (1st Viscount) (1845) ''The dispatches and letters of vice admiral ... Nelson, with notes by sir N.H. Nicolas Harris Nicolas, G.C.M.G.'' (London:Henry Colburn). * 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 Nancy (1794)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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