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HMS ''Racehorse'' was a Royal Navy 18-gun ''Cruizer''-class brig-sloop built by Hamilton & Breeds and launched in 1806 at Hastings.〔Winfield (2008), pp.293-4.〕 She served in the Channel, where she captured a small privateer, and in the East Indies, where she participated in the capture of Isle de France (now Mauritius) and the operations around it. She was wrecked in 1822. ==Service== ''Racehorse'' was commissioned in March 1806 under Commander Robert Forbes, who sailed her for the Mediterranean on 25 May.〔 By June 1807 she was under Captain William Fisher, cruising in the Channel.〔 ''Racehorse'' was among the vessels that detained the Danish ships ''Die Twende Softre'' on 28 August, and ''Swannen'' on 7 September. On 4 December she recaptured the Portuguese ship ''Gloria''. On 2 March 1808 ''Racehorse'' captured the French privateer lugger ''Amiral Gantheaume'' off the Seven Islands, which are 16 miles west of Behat. ''Amiral Gantheume'' was armed with four guns and had a crew of 28 men. She was two days out of Granville and had not taken anything. ''Racehorse'' then cruised the Channel Islands.〔 Fisher sailed for the Cape of Good Hope on 29 September.〔 There a number of her crew volunteered aboard other ships during the Invasion of Ile de France. On 13 and 14 March 1809, ''Racehorse'' was in company with her class-mate, , about 1000 miles from Rodrigues. ''Harrier'' fell behind and this was the last sighting of her; she was lost, presumed foundered. In December 1810, Commander James de Rippe replaced Fisher.〔 ''Racehorse'' was sent to Mauritius to join the squadron there under James Hillyar that had been assembled to attack the French squadron under Francois Roquebert that was expected from Brest. Early in 1811 ''Racehorse'' was in company with her sister-ship ''Elipse'' when ''Eclipse'' recaptured the ''Donna Emilia''. On 3 February, ''Racehorse'' captured the slaver ''Othmany''. The French squadron evaded Hillyar, but ''Racehorse'' and the rest of the squadron, now under Captain Charles Marsh Schomberg, caught them off Tamatave in Madagascar. In the ensuing Action of 20 May 1811, the British defeated the French and captured two of their ships. ''Racehorse'' was not heavily engaged, and suffered no casualties. In 1847 the Admiralty authorized the issuance of the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Off Tamatave 20 May 1811" to the remaining survivors of that action. ''Racehorse'' was present at the capture of the ''Néréide'' three days later. ''Racehorse'' then sailed for the Cape on 7 August.〔 On 19 September she and captured the French slaver brig ''Eclair''. On 5 January 1812 ''Eclipse'', with ''Racehorse'' in company, took the lugger ''Eliza'' with 145 slaves, which she sent to the Cape of Good Hope.〔Metropolitan Trust Company (London, England). ''Report of the directors'', Volumes 6-9, p.39.〕 ''Racehorse'' captured the American ship ''Monticello'' on 12 November. ''Racehorse'' also shared in the proceeds of the capture, on 16 November, of the ''Valentine''. On 3 February 1813, ''Racehorse'' was under the command of Commander George F. Rich, and in company with , under the command of Commander Samuel Hoare. They captured the American ship ''Rose'', which was carrying tea and 8907 Spanish dollars (worth approximately £2226). 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 Racehorse (1806)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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