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} |} HMS ''Sappho'' was a Cruizer class brig-sloop built by Jabez Bailey at Ipswich and launched in 1806.〔Winfield (2008), p.297.〕 She defeated a Danish brig, the ''Admiral Yawl'' in a single-ship action during the Gunboat War,〔The vessel's name varies by account. Variants include: ''Admiral Juhl'', ''Admiral Jawl'', ''Admiral Juul'', and ''Admiral Yorol''.〕 and then had a notably successful two months of prize-taking in the first year of the War of 1812. She was wrecked in 1825 off the Canadian coast and then broken up in 1830. ==Gunboat War== ''Sappho'' was commissioned in February 1807 under Commander George Langford. On 7 September she was present at the Battle of Copenhagen. On 8 January 1808 ''Sappho'' and the Revenue Service brig ''Royal George'', Captain Curry, chased a lugger that surrendered to ''Royal George''. The lugger was the ''Eglée'', M. Olivier, of 16 guns (3 and 4-pounders), with a crew of 56 men. She was nine days out of Dunkirk and had taken one prize, the ''Gabriel'' out of Yarmouth, which she had attempted to scuttle after taking the master and crew on board. ''Ringdove'', one of ''Sappho's'' sister ships, found the ''Gabriel'', but she was sinking fast and could not be saved.〔 The frigate ''Ariadne'' also joined the chase and latter shared in the prize money. The same four British vessels also shared in the capture of the privateer ''Trente et Quarante'', of 16 guns and 62 men,〔''Lloyd's List'', 15 January 1808.〕 though the actual captor was ''Ringdove''. ''Trente et Quarante'' was a lugger letter of marque, carrying 16 sixteen guns, 6 and 9 pounders, of which 14 were mounted. Her complement was 66 men, of whom 65 were on board, under the command of M. Fanqueux.〔 She was only three months old, was 16 days out of Dunkirk, and had made no captures. Captain Farquar of ''Ariadne'' wrote the letters reporting the capture of ''Eglé'' and ''Trente et Quarante'', and recommended that the Admiralty purchase the latter. ''Sappho'' was cruising in the North Sea and on the morning of 2 March she was sailing east off Scarborough, when she discovered an armed brig that was steering a course as if intending to cut off several merchant vessels to leeward. ''Sappho'' gave chase and at about 1330 hours fired a shot over the brig, which was flying British colours. The brig then fired a broadside at ''Sappho'' and exchanged Danish colours for the British colours she been flying to evade scrutiny.〔 Langford immediately bore down and brought what turned out to be the ''Admiral Yawl'' (or ''Admiral Juul'', or ''Admiral Yorol'') to close action. The engagement lasted about half an hour before ''Admiral Yawl'' struck her colours.〔 In the exchange of fire, ''Sappho'' had one men wounded and one man injured. ''Admiral Yawl'' had two dead: her second officer and a seaman.〔''The Gentleman's magazine'', (March 1808) Volume 98, Part 1, p.249.〕 As a result of the action Langford received promotion to Post-captain, and in 1847 all then surviving officers and crew were qualified to receive the Naval General Service Medal with the clasp "Sappho 2 March 1808". The ''Sappho'' carried sixteen 32-pounder carronades and two 6-pounder guns, manned by a crew of 120 men and boys. The ''Admiral Yawl'' was a brig, but unusual in that she had her armament on two decks; on her first or lower deck she had twelve 18-pounder carronades and on her second, or principal deck, she carried sixteen 6-pounder guns.〔 Her crew consisted of 83 men and boys.〔 The weight of the broadsides favored ''Sappho'' at 262 pounds versus 156 pounds for the ''Admiral Yawl'', as did the relative size of the crews. The Danish captain was the colourful and erratic adventurer Jørgen Jørgensen, who in 1801 had been a member of the crew, and perhaps second in command, of ''Lady Nelson''. On ''Lady Nelson'' he participated in at least one voyage of exploration along the coast of Australia. In his autobiography he states that his father joined seven other merchants from Copenhagen jointly to purchase the ''Admiral Yawl'' and present it to the Crown in a spirit of reprisal against the British after the Battle of Copenhagen (1807).〔s:The Convict King ''The Convict King''.〕 The Government commissioned, manned, and armed ''Admiral Yawl''.〔It is not clear from this account whether she was a privateer or a naval vessel.〕 Jorgenson reports that by cutting through the ice a month before it was expected that any vessel could get out, he was able to come unawares among the English traders and capture eight or nine ships before ''Sappho'' interrupted his cruise.〔 In April Commander William Charleton replaced Langford. Charleton then sailed ''Sappho'' for Jamaica on 22 June .〔 In 1810 Cmdr. Thomas Graves took command, followed by Commander Edmund Denman in late 1810. Commander Hayes O'Grady had been appointed to command of her on 15 June 1810,〔 but apparently did not take actual command until 1811.〔〔Hayes O'Grady was the father of the Irish antiquarian Standish Hayes O'Grady, and the brother of Standish Hayes O'Grady, 1st Viscount Guillamore.〕 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 Sappho (1806)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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