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} |} HMS ''Pegasus'' was a 28-gun ''Enterprise''-class sixth rate. This frigate was launched in 1779 at Deptford and sold in 1816. ''Pegasus'' had a relatively uneventful career and is perhaps best known for the fact that her captain from 1786 to 1789 was Prince William Henry, the future King William IV. By 1811 ''Pegasus'' was a receiving ship at Chatham; she was sold in 1816. ==Service== The ''Pegasus'' was commissioned in May 1779 under Captain John Bazely and attached to George Rodney's fleet for the relief of the Great Siege of Gibraltar. She therefore was present at both of Rodney's actions in the campaign to relieve the fortress, participating in the seizure of a Spanish armaments convoy off Cape Finisterre on 8 January 1780 and subsequently fighting at the Battle of Cape St Vincent eight days later.〔''The Naval Chronicle'', 1805 Vol. 14, p. 180〕 ''Pegasus'' continued on with Rodney to Gibraltar and then to the West Indies where she participated in the inconclusive Battle of Martinique in April 1780. Bazely carried the dispatches of the battle back to Britain and was soon given command of ''Apollo''.〔''The Naval Chronicle'', 1805 Vol. 14, p. 181〕 ''Pegasus'' sailed again, now under Captain John Stanhope, for the Leeward Islands in January 1781. She returned home in August, but subsequently returned to the Caribbean. On 23 January 1783 she captured the ''Allegeance'', a former Royal Navy sloop that the French were using as a transport and that was carrying 200 troops. ''Pegasus'' paid off into ordinary in April 1783. In 1786 Henry Harvey became captain of the recommissioned ''Pegasus'' for service on the North America station but was disappointed to discover that his first lieutenant was the Prince William Henry. The issue was that the Admiralty expected Harvey to turn over the captaincy to his subordinate as soon as the ship was at sea. Controlling his disappointment, Harvey conducted the affair with "such discretion as secured to him the lasting friendship of His Royal Highness".〔(Harvey, John ), ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''〕 Within weeks, Harvey had been transferred to HMS ''Rose'' and aboard her joined ''Pegasus'' in peacetime maneuvers off the North American station until ''Rose'' was paid-off in 1789. From 1786 to 1788, ''Pegasus'', under Prince William Henry, was largely assigned to patrol the east coast of Canada and Newfoundland, as well as the West Indies. In late 1786, ''Pegasus'' was stationed in the West Indies under Horatio Nelson, who wrote of Prince William Henry, "In his professional line, he is superior to two-thirds, I am sure, of the () list; and in attention to orders, and respect to his superior officer, I hardly know his equal."〔Ziegler, p.59〕 Prince William Henry's First Lieutenant was William Hargood, who the prince had brought with him. Other officers or crew aboard ''Pegasus'' at this time who would rise in rank were Thomas Byam Martin, John Pasco and Charles Rowley. The prince was given a mentor, Isaac Schomberg, but that did not go well and required Nelson's intervention to resolve. Nelson also arranged for the transfer of William Johnstone Hope, who too had been appointed to ''Pegasus'' but had failed to get on with the prince. ''Pegasus'' returned to Plymouth and was decommissioned in March 1788. Herbert Sawyer was promoted to Post-Captain in January 1789, and took command of ''Pegasus'' to begin her next commission. He served aboard her on the North American Station, operating off Newfoundland. On 8 July 1790 she grounded on Annet, within the Isles of Scilly but refloated on the flood tide undamaged. 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 Pegasus (1779)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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