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} |} HMS ''Racoon'', sometimes spelled HMS ''Raccoon'', was an 18-gun ship sloop of the ''Cormorant'' Class of the Royal Navy. She was built by John Preston, of Great Yarmouth, and launched on 30 March 1808. She sailed as far as Fort Astoria on the Columbia River. She became a hospital ship in 1819 and finally was sold in 1838. ==Service== Her first commander was Commander James Welsh, under whom she was sent to operate off the African coast. He sailed her to Jamaica on 16 June 1809, but died there in November. His replacement was Commander William Black.〔 returning to Portsmouth in 1812.〔 On 14 January 1813 ''Racoon'' captured the ''Hope'', which the enemy recaptured. Still, a £25,000 insurance payment was payable to ''Racoon''. ''Racoon'' sailed from Rio de Janeiro on 6 July 1813 in company with HMS ''Phoebe'' and HMS ''Cherub'', sailing around Cape Horn to the Juan Fernandez Islands. The Royal Navy had been under pressure from the Montreal based North West Company, who were agitating for them to capture the base of their rival, the Pacific Fur Company. At this point ''Phoebe'' and ''Cherub'' were detached to search for the USS ''Essex'', with ''Racoon'' continuing on. While sailing to the Columbia River an accident during gunnery exercises killed eight and wounded 20. Before the ''Racoon'' arrived at their proposed destination of the fur trading outpost of Fort Astoria, the North West Company had completed a deal with the Pacific Fur Company that since British ships would be imminently arriving to "take and destroy everything American on the Northwest coast," that they would purchase the assets, for a third of their value. Black arrived to find the matter already settled, though he went through a ceremony of possession and renamed the facility Fort George. One person aboard the ''Racoon'' when she arrived at Fort Astoria was Naukane (also known as John Coxe), a Native Hawaiian. The North West Company had hired him as a laborer and to serve as an interpreter for future visits to the Hawaiian Islands. Black continued in command of ''Racoon'', sailing to Lima in 1814. On 15 January ''Cherub'' and ''Racoon'' left Rio de Janeiro, excorting a convoy that included the storeships ''Prevoyanbte'' and , and seven merchantmen.〔''Lloyd's List'',() - accessed 26 November 2013.〕 The left Pernambuco on 6 March.〔''Lloyd's List'',() - accessed 25 November 2013.〕 Lieutenant James Mangles (acting) was in command of ''Raccoon'' at the Cape of Good Hope in 1815. Captain Alexander Montgomerie replaced Black in 1815. Captain John Cook Carpenter was appointed to command in May 1815.〔 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 Racoon (1808)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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