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} |} HMS ''Stag'' was a 32-gun ''Niger''-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, and was the first Royal Navy ship to bear this name. She was ordered during the Seven Years' War, and saw service during that conflict and also during the American War of Independence. She cost £7,136 19s 8d to build, plus fitting-out costs of £4,370 15s 2d. ==History== ''Stag'' was brought into service in October 1758, under Captain Henry Angel. She was reduced to a 28-gun sixth rate in 1777, but restored as a 32-gun fifth rate in 1779. In August 1781, ''Stag'' and were in company when they recaptured the sloop ''Peggy'' and the cutter ''Hope''. On 4 January 1782, ''Stag'' under the command of Captain Robert Palliser Cooper, captured the French privateer ''Anti-Briton''. ''Anti-Briton'' was armed with twenty-two 6-pounder guns and had a crew of 104 men under the command of John Kelly. Cooper had received intelligence that a privateer cutter had taken several vessels in the channel between Ireland and Britain. As soon as the weather permitted, Cooper set sail and was fortunate enough to encounter and capture her. Cooper reported that he took great pleasure in capturing her as she was quite new and had done a great deal of mischief. Kelly had captured the cutter ''Hope'' in August 1781.〔''Gentleman's Magazine'', Vol. 52, p.43.〕 The Royal Navy took ''Anti-Briton'' into service as . Then on 18 June ''Stag'' captured the French privateer cutter ''Victoire'' after an eleven-hour chase. Cooper had received intelligence on the 14th that two French privateers were cruising off Waterford. He immediately set off in pursuit and caught up with ''Vicotire'' off Dungarvan. She was armed with two 8-pounder and fourteen 6-pounder guns, six of which she threw overboard during the chase, and a crew of 91 men. ''Victoire'' was a new, copper-bottomed cutter, sixteen days out of Brest. The other French privateer, the cutter ''Eagle'', of Dunkirk, was reportedly of the "same force" as ''Victoire'', but had already left the area. 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 Stag (1758)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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