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} |} HMS ''Orpheus'' was a 32–gun fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1780, and served for more than a quarter of a century, before she was wrecked in 1807. On 5 May 1794, ''Orpheus'' captured the French frigate ''Duguay Trouin'', the former East Indiaman ''Princess Royal'', which the French had captured on 27 September 1793. On 22 June 1796 ''Orpheus'' was in the Straits of Banca, where she captured the Dutch brig ''Harlingen''. The British took ''Harlingen'' into service as . August 1797. Ship reported as being in Madras and Captain W. Hill is appointed commander. (4) ==Fate== ''Orpheus'', under the command of Captain Thomas Briggs, arrived off Jamaica from England in the evening of 22 January 1807. Being short of water, Briggs decided to try to sail her into Port Royal, rather than wait for a pilot. Around midnight ''Orpheus'' grounded on a reef that was not accurately marked on her charts. Efforts to lighten her failed and she took on water. When the water reached her main deck, the crew took to the boats, abandoning her.〔Hepper (1994), p. 116.〕 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 Orpheus (1780)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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