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} |} HMS ''Polyphemus'', a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 27 April 1782 at Sheerness. She participated in the 1801 Battle of Copenhagen, the Battle of Trafalgar, and the Siege of Santo Domingo. In 1813 she became a powder hulk and was broken up in 1827. ==Early career== ''Polyphemus'' was laid down at Sheerness in 1776. On 26 April 1778, His Majesty King George III visited Sheerness to inspect the dockyards. There he saw ''Polyphemus'', which was standing in her frame to season. She was launched in 1782 and commissioned under Captain William C. Finch, who then sailed her to Gibraltar.〔 She was part of a British fleet under Admiral Richard Howe successfully resupplied Gibraltar, then under siege by Bourbon forces. Shortly after, the British fleet met the Franco-Spanish fleet under Admiral Luis de Córdova y Córdova on 20 October 1782. The consequent battle of Cape Spartel was indecisive. ''Polyphemus'' was part of the second division of the van, and suffered four men wounded. In late 1782, Admiral Sir Richard Hughes took a squadron that included ''Polyphemus'', under Captain Thomas Sotheby, out to the West Indies. On their way the British encountered a French convoy off Martinique. The action of 6 December 1782 lasted 40 minutes, during which time , under Captain John Collins, captured the French 64-gun ship ''Solitaire'', under Jean-Charles de Borda. ''Solitaire'' had 35 men killed and 55 wounded whilst ''Ruby'' had only two men wounded.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.louvre.freebase.com/view/en/caribbean/-/location/location/events )〕 Two days later the squadron arrived at Barbados. The Royal Navy took ''Solitaire'' into service as HMS ''Solitaire''. ''Polyphemus'' shared with ''Ruby'' in the head money for the capture of ''Solitaire'', while the other vessels of the British squadron did not, suggesting that ''Polyphemus'' assisted ''Ruby''. At the end of the war in 1783, her crew was paid off in June. Then she received some repairs between December 1783 and December 1784.〔 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 Polyphemus (1782)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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