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} |} HMS ''Venom'' was a gunbrig that Admiral Sir John Jervis captured in the Caribbean in 1794.〔It has so far not been possible to identify the origins of this brig from readily available online resources.〕 The Royal Navy commissioned her under the command of Lieutenant Thomas H. Wilson. In March and April 1794, she participated in the capture of Martinique, St. Lucia, and Guadeloupe. Jervis's expedition restored monarchist rule. The French counter-attacked and recaptured Guadeloupe on 2 June. Jervis and General Sir Charles Grey, the army commander, landed a force to recapture the island but the reinforced French garrison repulsed the British expedition, which withdrew. ''Venom'' was deleted from the lists in 1799 or 1800. After commanding ''Venom'', Wilson assumed command of the hired armed lugger ''Lark'' on 21 April 1800.〔Marshall (1833), Vol. 4, Part 1, pp.217-8.〕 ;Prize money The ''London Gazette'' published details for four tranches of prize and head money payments for Jervis's campaign. In all some 36 ships qualified: HMS ''Asia, Assurance, Avenger, Boyne, Beauleau, Blonde, Bull Dog, Ceres, Dromedary, Experiment, Irresistible, Inspector, Nautilus, Quebec, Roebuck, Rattlesnake, Rose, Retort, Santa Margarita, Solebay, Seaflower, Terpsichore, Ulysses, Undaunted, Vengeance, Veteran, Vesuvius, Winchelsea, Wooolwich'' (sic), and ''Zebra''. So did six gunboats: ''Spiteful, Teazer, Tickler, Tormentor, Venom'', and ''Vexor''. In 1847 the Admiralty awarded the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "17 Mar. Boat Service 1794" to all surviving claimants from the action at Fort Royal Bay, Martinique during which the boats of ''Venom'', and others, captured the French frigate ''Bienvenue'', and other vessels. ==Notes, citations and references== ;Notes ;Citations ;References *Marshall, John (1823-1835) ''Royal naval biography, or, Memoirs of the services of all the flag-officers, superannuated rear-admirals, retired-captains, post-captains, and commanders, whose names appeared on the Admiralty list of sea officers at the commencement of the present year 1823, or who have since been promoted ...'' (London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown). * *Winfield, Rif & Stephen S Roberts (2015) ''French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786 - 1862: Design Construction, Careers and Fates''. (Seaforth Publishing). ISBN 9781848322042 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 Venom (1794)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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