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The Hired tender ''Louisa'' served the British Royal Navy from 24 April 1803 to 1809. She was of 120 tons (bm) and was armed with three or four 3-pounder guns and six ½-pounder swivel guns.〔Winfield (2008), p.391.〕 On 28 October 1807 ''Louisa'', under the command of Lieutenant Hoy, engaged with a privateer of 14 guns. Hoy received promotion to Commander for this action.〔''Naval Chronicle'', Vol. 19, p.84.〕 The ()] also thanked Lieutenant Herbert Brace Powell for his part in the action.〔Marshall (1830), Supplement, Part 4, p.430.〕 Later reports do state that the privateer was the ''Marsouin''.〔 Unfortunately, there is no readily accessible record of what transpired, and what Lieutenant Powell's role was. Still, in 1847 the Admiralty authorized the issue of the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Louisa 28 Octr. 1807" to all surviving claimants from the action, of which there was one. Shortly thereafter, on 24 January 1808, the frigate captured the French privateer lugger ''Marsouin''. of 14 guns and 60 men; she had thrown her guns and anchors overboard during the chase. Captain John Tower, of ''Iris'' reported that an examination of her logs and muster list revealed that on her last cruise on 28 October, near Cork, she had attempted to board a transport. The concealed troops fired a small arms volley that killed ''Marsouin''s captain and ten men, and wounded five others. In 1808 ''Louisa'' was on the Irish station and under the command of Lieutenant John Page. ==Citations and references== ;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). * 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「Hired tender Louisa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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