|
Nicolas Surcouf (Saint-Malo, — ) was a French privateer. He was the brother and lieutenant of one of France's most famous, and successful privateers, Robert Surcouf. There were four brothers, with Nicholas being the second oldest, and Robert the second youngest.〔 == Career == In 1798 Nicholas sailed as second captain to Robert in the ''Clarisse''.〔 On 3 January 1800, she detected two American 16-carronade ships forming a line of battle, which Surcouf engaged.〔Rouvier, p.449〕 ''Clarisse'' raked the rear-most ship, the ''Louisa'', and boarded her, while simultaneously firing a broadside on the other ship, ''Mercury'', which attempted to rescue her mate. Nicolas led a 30-man boarding party to seize ''Louisa'', while ''Mercury'' escaped.〔 ''Clarisse'' could not give chase, her bowsprit having been destroyed in a collision with ''Louisa''. Nicolas Surcouf took a prize crew and sailed ''Louisa'' back to Port Louis.〔Austen (1935), pp.93-94.〕 In May 1800, Nicolas Surcouf captained the privateer ''Adèle''. He captured several small prizes, but on 12 November 1800, he encountered the brig-sloop , which captured ''Adèle''.〔Asiatic Annual Register, Volume 3, p.47〕 Nicolas Surcouf surrendered to Captain Waller and offered him his sword, which Waller, as a sign of respect, declined to take;〔''Asiatic Annual Register'', Volume 3, p.48〕 Surcouf was taken prisoner and and sent to Calcutta, before ending up in England on a prison ship.〔''Les corsaires cancalais''.〕 In 1805, Robert Surcouf returned to Saint-Malo and started equipping privateers. He gave Nicolas command of the 14-gun ''Caroline'', on which Nicolas cruised the Indian Ocean. Nicholas captured the ships ''Waldegrave'' and ''Commerce'' in the Indian Ocean, and ''Melville'' and ''Prince de Galles'' in the Gulf of Bengal On 30 August 1815, Nicolas Surcouf joined the brig ''Amitié'', under Captain Beaudouin.〔 After his career as a privateer, Nicolas Surcouf entered business as a fishing shipowner. He outfitted a number of ships for cod fishing off Newfoundland between 1798 and 1840.〔L'Union l'Ardennais〕 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「Nicolas Surcouf」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|