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Three ships of Britain's Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Trompeuse'', after the French word for "deceptive": * was a former French 16-gun brig-sloop, launched in July 1793, that HMS ''Sphinx'' captured on 12 January 1794 near Cape Clear Island and that grounded off Kinsale on 15 July 1796. At the time of her loss all her crew were saved.〔Hepper (1994), pp. 80-1.〕 * was a former French 18-gun privateer originally called ''Mercure'', possibly captured in 1797. She was commissioned in September 1799 and foundered on 17 May 1800 in the English Channel. All her crew were lost.〔Hepper (1994), p.95.〕 * was a former French 18-gun sloop captured on 4 March 1800 and broken up in 1811. Some references imply that ''Trompeuse'' was the name of the captured sloop,〔Colledge & Warlow (2006), p.417.〕 but it appears that she was the privateer ''Coureur'', which captured on that date. ''Coureur'' was pierced for 18 cannon but carried ten 6-pounder guns and four carronades; she had a crew of 158 men. She was 20 days out of Nantes on her first cruise and had captured "His Majesty's Ship" ''Princess Royal'', probably a hired armed vessel, which had been sailing to Tortola. The captain and most of the crew of ''Princess Royal'' were on board ''Coureur''. Captain T. Twysden of ''Revolutionnaire'' described ''Coureur'' as being "quite new,..., Copper-bottomed, and sails delightfully." ==See also== Trompeuse (ship) 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 Trompeuse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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