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HMS ''Termagant'' was an 18-gun sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1796 and performed convoy duty during the French Revolutionary Wars, shuttling between The Nore and Riga under Commander David Lloyd in mid-1797 in the company of . On 1 September 1800, ''Termangant'', Captain Skipsey, captured the French Navy polacca ''Capricieuse'' some 30 leagues west of Corsica after a two-hour chase. ''Capricieuse'' was armed with six guns and had a crew of 68 men under the command of ''enseigne de vaisseau'' Gandserrand. She was three days out of Toulon and was sailing to Egypt with 350 stand of arms, shot, a French general, and a ''Chef de Bataillon''. She was also carrying dispatches, which however she was able to destroy before the British boarded her.〔 Three days later and some 10 leagues away, ''Termagant'' captured the privateer ''General Holtz'', of two guns and 26 men. Skipsey scuttled and sank the privateer. On 12 January 1801, ''Termagant'', Captain Skipsey, and , Captain Buchanan, captured the French Navy's half-xebec ''Guerrier''. ''Guerrier'' was sailing from Toulon to Alexandria, Egypt, with a cargo of arms and ammunition. Because ''Termagant'' served in the navy's Egyptian campaign (8 March to 2 September 1801), her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the Admiralty authorized in 1850 to all surviving claimants. ==Fate== ''Termagant'' was sold out of service in 1819. 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 Termagant (1796)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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