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HMS ''Sceptre'' was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 8 June 1781 at Rotherhithe.〔 ==Career== Shortly after completion she was sent out to the Indian Ocean to join Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes's squadron. She arrived in time for the Battle of Trincomalee in 1782. This was the fourth battle of a bloody campaign between Vice-Admiral Hughes and the French Admiral Suffren's squadron. The following year, she took part in the Battle of Cuddalore (1783), the final battle in the East Indies campaign. In the run-up to the battle ''Sceptre'' captured the ''Naïade'', under captain Villaret, on the night of 11 April 1783. ''Naïade'' was armed with eighteen to twenty 8-pounder guns and ten swivel guns, and had a crew of 160 men. The British took her into service but never commissioned her; they then sold her in August 1784.〔Demerliac (1996), p.73, #462.〕 She was then laid up for the peace. In 1794, under the command of Commodore John Ford, ''Sceptre'' assisted in the capture of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. On 12 March 1795, under the command of Captain William Essington, ''Sceptre'' sailed for the Cape of Good Hope as escort to fleet of East Indiamen sailing to India and China. 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 Sceptre (1781)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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