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} |} ''Prévoyante'' was the second of two flûtes (supply or store ships) built to a design by Raymond-Antoine Haran. She was launched in May 1793 at Bayonne.〔Demerliac (1996), p. 106, #739.〕 The British frigates and captured her in 1795 and the British took her into the Royal Navy after first converting her to a fifth rate. She served as a frigate until 1800, when she underwent reconversion back to a store ship. As a store ship she sailed to the Mediterranean, Cape of Good Hope, and Quebec. She was sold for breaking up in July 1819. ==French career and capture== In late 1794, Admiral Jervis signed a safe-conduct pass for ''Prevoyante'' so that she could repatriate British prisoners of war.〔(University of Durahm, ''Catalogue of the Papers of the 1st Earl Grey'' )〕 On 2 May 1795 Rear Admiral George Murray sent Captain Alexander Cochrane in ''Thetis'', together with ''Hussar'', to intercept three French supply ships reported at Hampton Roads.〔 At daybreak on 17 May the British came upon five ships 20 leagues West by South from Cape Henry. The French made a line of battle to receive the British frigates. An action commenced, with three of the French vessels eventually striking their colours. ''Thetis'' took possession of the largest, which turned out to be ''Prévoyante'', pierced for 36 guns but only mounting 24. ''Hussar'' captured a second, the ''Raison'', pierced for 24 guns but only mounting 18. One of the vessels that had struck nonetheless sailed off. Two of the five had broken off the fight and sailed off earlier. (The three that escaped were the ''Normand'', ''Trajan'', and ''Hernoux''.) An hour after she had struck, ''Prévoyantes'' main and foremasts fell over the side. In the battle, ''Thetis'' had lost eight men killed and 9 wounded; ''Hussar'' had only two men wounded.〔 Four of the French ships had escaped from Guadeloupe on 25 April. They had sailed to American ports to gather provisions and naval stores to bring back to France. Cochrane had intended to leave the prizes in charge of the cutter ''Prince Edward'' after repairing the damage to his vessel during the night. However, a breeze picked up and by morning the escaping French vessels were out of sight. The British sailed with their prizes to Halifax. 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「Prévoyante (1793)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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