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HMS ''Oberon'' was a 16-gun brig-sloop of the ''Seagull'' class built at Kingston upon Hull and launched in 1805. She was constructed at the James Shepheard Shipyard, Sutton. ==Service== She was commissioned in September 1805 under her first commander, John Bushby. However from January 1806 she was under Commander George Manners Sutton off the Downs, in the North Sea. On 6 June 1806 she was in company with when they captured the ''Yonge Heinrick'' H.H. Berg, master. On 13 November 1807 she gave chase to the French privateer lugger ''Ratifia'', capturing her after four hours, some 30 miles east of Lowestoft. The ''Ratifia'' commanded by Lieutenant Gilbert Laforeste, had been carrying 14 guns, but at the time had only two mounted for action, the rest being in the hold. She had sailed on 9 November from Delfzijl, on the Ems but had not made any captures before being taken by the ''Oberon''. Captain Sutton sailed her to the Yarmouth Roads and landed 38 prisoners. On 5 December 1808 ''Oberon'' recaptured the ''Prince of Wales''. Sutton removed to ''Derwent'' in April 1810, and by May 1810 the ''Oberon'' was off the Downs again, commanded by John Murray. On 4 May ''Oberon'' was in company with the gun-brig when she recaptured the ''Galen''. ''Oberon'' moved to Leith in 1812. On 23 October, ''Oberon'', ''Clio'' and ''Chanticleer'' detained the ''Jonge Henrick''. The next day, ''Clio'' and ''Oberon'' captured the Danish privateer ''Wegonsende''. The same vessels were also involved in the capture of the privateer ''Stafeten'' on 24 December. Prize money for ''Wegonsende'' was paid in August 1816. On 18 March 1813 ''Oberon'' sailed to search for two American schooners, suspected to be privateers, cruising between Shetland and Norway in the hope of intercepting British whalers returning from Greenland waters. ''Oberon'' met the Whitby whaler ''Esk'' on 20 March, but the ''Esk'' reported that she had not seen any suspicious vessels. ''Oberon'' continued cruising until Saturday 3 April, before entering the Sound at Lerwick at 10pm, where she again met the ''Esk'', which was sheltering from storms and adverse winds. In 1814 ''Oberon'' sailed to the Baltic.〔 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 Oberon (1805)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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