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HMS ''Ville de Paris'' was a 110-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 17 July 1795 at Chatham Dockyard. She was designed by Sir John Henslow, and was the only ship built to her draught.〔 She was named after the French ship of the line ''Ville de Paris'', flagship of François Joseph Paul de Grasse during the American Revolutionary War. That ship had been captured by the Royal Navy at the Battle of the Saintes in April 1782, but on the voyage to England, as a prize, she sank in a hurricane in September 1782. She served as the flagship of John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent with the Channel Fleet. On 17 August 1803 the boats of ''Ville de Paris'' captured the French privateer ''Messager'' from among the rocks off Ushant. Lloyd's Patriotic Fund awarded Lieutenant Watts, of ''Ville de Paris'', with an honour sword worth £50 for his role in the cutting out expedition. Messager was pierced for eight guns but had six mounted, and had her owner and 40 men aboard when Watts arrived with his pinnace and 18 men. The British captured her before the other boats from ''Ville de Paris'' could arrive. The French put up a minimal resistance and only suffered a few men lightly wounded; the British suffered no casualties. The action occurred in sight of the hired armed cutter ''Nimrod''. In January 1805 head and prize money from the proceeds of the French privateer ''Messager'' was due to be paid. Later, Admiral Collingwood died aboard her of cancer while on service in the Mediterranean, off Port Mahon, on 7 March 1810. ''Ville de Paris'' was placed on harbour service in 1824, and she was broken up in 1845.〔 ==Notes== 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 Ville de Paris」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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