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Michael Clements (died 1796?) was a captain in the Royal Navy. ==Life== Clements was, in May 1757, first lieutenant of the ''Unicorn'' frigate when she engaged and captured ''l'Invincible'', a large privateer from St Malo. The captain of the ''Unicorn'' was killed, and Clements, after conducting the fight to a successful issue, brought the prize into Kinsale, and went out again in pursuit of the privateer's consort, which he also captured and brought in.〔Beatson, Nav. and Mil. Mem. ii. 78〕 For this service Clements was immediately promoted to the command of the London buss, and four months later (29 September) to post rank and the command of the ''Actaeon'' frigate. Clements continued in the ''Actaeon'', attached to the Channel fleet, till the summer of 1759, when he was moved into the ''Pallas'' of 36 guns, also with the fleet blockading Brest and Quiberon Bay. He was specially employed, with other frigates, in cruising against French privateers and in communicating with the home ports. By chance, the ''Pallas'', in company with the ''Æolus'' and ''Brilliant'', put into Kinsale in the last days of February 1760, just as a message came from the Duke of Bedford, then lord-lieutenant of Ireland, that François Thurot's squadron was at Belfast. They immediately put to sea again, and, coming off Belfast on the morning of the 28th, succeeded in capturing all Thurot's ships with small loss. The ''Pallas'' continued on the same service till towards the end of the year, and was then sent to the Mediterranean, where she remained till after the peace, and returned to England in December 1763. On paying off this ship Clements refused to give a certificate to the master, whom he reported as 'inattentive to his duty.' The master in revenue laid an accusation of waste and malversation of stores against his captain. After an inquiry the navy office the charge was, in November 1765, pronounced groundless and malicious. In 1769 Clements commanded the ''Dorsetshire'' of 70 guns, guardship at Portsmouth, but which in 1770 was sent up the Mediterranean as part of the answer to a threatening armament of the French at Toulon. In March 1778 he was appointed to the ''Vengeance'' of 74 guns, which he commanded in the action off Ushant on 27 July and in the October cruise under Admiral Augustus Keppel. He was afterwards a witness for the defence in the admiral's trial, and spoke strongly in the admiral's favour, which was not to his personal advantage. A few months later Clements was compelled by failing health to resign his command, and he never had another. His correspondence during 1780 shows, however, that he was still in delicate health. In July he applied for leave to go abroad with his family, and asked for a passport for himself, his wife, and daughter for Ostend. His name continued on the list of captains till 1787, when there was a very large retirement. Then, or a year or two later, he was made a rear-admiral on the superannuated list, and is believed to have died about 1796. 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「Michael Clements」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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