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} |} HMS ''Persian'' was a built by Daniel List and launched at Cowes in 1809.〔Winfield (2008), p.300.〕 She captured two privateers before she wrecked in 1813. ==Service== She was commissioned under Commander Samuel Colquitt and spent her first year cruising in Channel.〔 On 26 December 1809 recaptured the ''Thames''. The next year, on 24 March, she sailed for the West Indies.〔 〕 Then on 1 October, she was in company with , when ''Owen Glendower'' captured the ''Indomptable'' and recaptured the ''Roden''. Colquitt received promotion to post captain on 21 October, the fifth anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar. Her next captain was Commander Charles Bertram, who was appointed on 21 October.〔 On 5 April 1811, at 2pm, the signal station at Beachy Head signaled to ''Persian'' that a smuggling vessel was discharging her cargo nearby. ''Persian'' set out and after slmost eight hours she saw a lugger heading for France. ''Persian'' fired two or three broadsides as she chased the lugger and an hour later the lugger struck. She was the privateer ''Ambuscade'' under the command of Nicholas Augustine Briganda and had been out from Dieppe for some 40 hours. She was armed with 14 guns and carried a crew of 36, though she normally carried 63 men.〔''Naval Chronicle'', Vol. 25, p.427.〕 ''Persian'' sent ''Ambuscade'' into Portsmouth.〔''Lloyd's List'', no. 4552,(), - accessed 9 May 2014.〕 On 13 February 1812 ''Persian'', in company with , recaptured the ''Arcadia''. ''Arcadia'', Smiley, master, had been sailing from Nova Scotia to the Clyde when the French 14-gun privateer ''Gozelle'' () captured her. After ''Persian'' recaptured ''Arcadia'', ''Persian'' sent her into Dartmouth, where she on 15 February in a very leaky state and with only the mate, of her original crew, aboard.〔''Lloyd's List'', no.4640,() - accessed 9 May 2014.〕 On 3 March 1812 ''Persian'' recaptured the American brig ''Hannah''. ''Hannah'', of New York, had sailed from Savannah, with a cargo of timber when a French privateer captured her. After recapturing ''Hannah'', ''Persian'' then set out to try to find the privateer, but without success. The French privateer cutter had taken ''Hannah'' on 1 March, and she arrived at Plymouth on 3 March, the same day that ''Persian'' had recaptured her.〔''Lloyd's List'', no.4645,() - accessed 9 May 2014.〕 On 27 March, ''Persian'', based out of Jersey, sighted a lugger sailing west of her. ''Persian'' chased the lugger and fired several broadsides as she did so. After three hours the lugger struck and proved to be the French privateer ''Petit Jean''. She had had to throw eight of her 16 guns overboard during a gale that also washed away eight of her crew of 56. She was under the command of François Clemence and had left her home port of Dieppe eight days before but had not captured any prizes. ''Persian'' sent ''Petit Jean'' into Guernsey, where she arrived the next day.〔''Lloyd's List'', no.4652,() - accessed 9 May 2014.〕 On 4 October captured the Danish sloop ''Speculation'' and shared the prize money with ''Persian'', , and by agreement. Then on 17 October ''Persian'' and ''Erebus'' were again in company with ''Podargus'' when ''Podargus'' captured the Danish vessels ''Anna Maria'', ''Twende Brodre'', and two market-boats. Next month, on 11 November ''Podargus'' captured ''Syerstadt'', with ''Persian'' and ''Erebus'' in company. On 16 December ''Persian'' captured the Danish galliot ''Ebenetzer'', with in company. ''Erebus'' shared in the prize money by agreement with ''Persian''. 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 Persian (1809)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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