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} |} HMS ''Orestes'' was a 16-gun brig-sloop of the ''Seagull'' class of the British Royal Navy, launched in October 1805. She served during the Napoleonic Wars, primarily in the North Sea and the Channel, where she captured two privateers. The Navy sold her in 1817. ==Career== Commander George Poulet commissioned ''Orestes'' in January 1806. In October Commander John Richards Lapenotiere replaced Poulet.〔 On 2 October ''Orestes'' was among the three British warships that were in company when they captured the ''Elonara Wilhelmina'', Zimmerman, master. Four days later Lapenoitiere and ''Orestes'' captured two Dutch fishing vessels, the ''Jonge Classina'' and ''Hoop Van Winsl''. On 19 January 1807, ''Orestes'' recaptured the ''Ant''. Three months later, on 16 April, ''Orestes'' captured the ''Sophia''. Then on 26 May, ''Orestes'' was in company with the third rate and the hired armed cutter ''Lord Keith'' when they captured the ''Hoppet'' and the ''Neptunus''. During the summer, ''Orestes'' was in the North Sea as part of the fleet under Admiral Gambier that engaged in the second battle of Copenhagen. After the evacuation of Zeeland, ''Orestes'' remained as part of the squadron protecting merchant shipping in the Sound. On 16 November ''Orestes'' was off Elsinore, engaging in an exchange of fire with some shore batteries while attempting to recapture a British vessel the Danes had captured. Unfortunately, sparks from the guns ignited a small magazine of gunpowder, which exploded. The explosion burnt off all the skin on Lapenoitiere's face, ears and neck, and all his hair, and caused some other injuries as well.〔Marshall (1828), Supplement, Part 2, pp.388-390.〕 After her service in the North Sea, ''Orestes'' served on the Plymouth station until 1810.〔 On 18 June 1808, ''Orestes'' captured the Spanish lugger ''Concepcione''. ''Concepcion'' was a 12-gun letter of marque. ''Orestes'' also recaptured an American ship sailing to Plymouth with timber.〔 , under the command of Commander Phillip Browne, was off the Scilly Isles on 6 November, when she sighted a brig chasing a lugger. ''Plover'' joined in, with ''Orestes'' joining later. After a chase of almost four hours, ''Plover'' came alongside the lugger, which surrendered. The lugger proved to be the French privateer ''Lezard'', of Saint Malo. She was pierced for 14 guns, but had none aboard when captured. She and her crew of 57 men had sailed from Île de Batz the night before but had not made any capture. Browne credited Lord Viscount Neville of the brig and "Captain Davies", of ''Orestes'', with having blocked ''Lezard''s escape.〔This may be an error, or more probably Davies may have been in temporary command while Lapenotiere was on leave.〕 Lastly, Browne further reported that the three British men-of-war had recaptured the English ship ''Weymouth'', from Gibraltar, shortly before she could reach Aber Wrac'h. On 1 April 1809 ''Orestes'' was in Hamoaze for the court-martial of one of her men on charges of having sodomized a goat in the goat house aboard the vessel. Lapenotiere brought the charges.〔Byrn (2009), pp. 335-40.〕 ''Orestes'' recaptured the ship ''Pilgrim'' on 20 February 1810. A little over two months later, on 9 May, ''Orestes'' was eight leagues South-west by East of The Lizard when she was finally able to capture the French privateer schooner ''Dorade'' after a seven-hour chase. ''Dorade'' carried ten guns and a crew of 43 men under the command of Emmanuel Ives Le Roux. joined the chase and it was fire from ''Favourite'' that brought down the privateer's main and foretop masts, enabling ''Orestes'' to effect the capture. ''Dorade'' was a new vessel on her first cruise; she had left the Île de Batz only the previous evening and had made no captures. Then on 6 July, ''Orestes'' was in company with , , and at the recapture of the Swedish ship ''Bergmasteren''. On 30 October ''Orestes'' captured a second privateer. This was the ''Loup Garou'', of 16 guns and 100 men under the command of Charles Laurent Faures. At daylight, in Latitude 48° 30' North, Longitude 81° 56' West,) ''Orestes'' encountered a brig, whose response suggested to Lapenoitre that the brig was a French privateer. He gave chase and within an hour was able to bring her to action as a shot from ''Orestes'' had carried away the privateer's main haulyards. The privateer returned fire for about half an hour, but without causing any British casualties. The privateer belonged to Nantz but was two days out of Brest. Lapenoitiere described her as a "remarkably fine Vessel, One Year Old, coppered and copper fastened, well found in every Thing, is victualled for Two Months, and, I think, fit for His Majesty's Service." In August 1811 Commander John Carter replaced Lapenoitiere. Commander William Richard Smith replaced Carter two months later.〔 On 13 February 1812 ''Orestes'' was in company with , when ''Persian'' recaptured the ''Arcadia''. ''Orestes'' next captured the American schooner ''Henry and Clement'' on 13 May 1813. In January 1814 ''Orestes'' recaptured two vessels, the ''Harvest'' on the 21st and the ''Ann'' on the 28th. 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 Orestes (1805)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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