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''Salamine'' was originally the Spanish Navy's ''Infante'' 18-gun brig, built in 1787 at Cadiz. The French Navy captured her at Toulon in December 1793 and recommissioned her; they renamed her on 10 May 1798 as ''Salamine'', for the battle of Salamis. On 18 June 1799, captured her and she was brought into Royal Navy service as HMS ''Salamine''. She served briefly in the Mediterranean, where she captured two French privateers and several merchant vessels before the Royal Navy sold her at Malta in 1802, after the Treaty of Amiens ended the war with France. ==French service== The French navy captured the Spanish brig ''Infante'' in December 1793, and brought into French service under her existing name.〔 In January 1794, she was recommissioned in Toulon under Lieutenant Girardias,〔Fonds Marine, p.184〕 and renamed ''Liberté''.〔 In May 1795, she was returned to her original name of ''Infante''.〔 In June 1797, ''Infante'' sailed together with the frigates ''Sensible'' and ''Artémise'' to seize Venetian ships;〔 the prizes included the frigates ''Muiron'' and ''Carrère''. On 10 May 1798, she was renamed to ''Salamine''.〔 As part of the fleet of Toulon, ''Salamine'' participated in the Mediterranean campaign of 1798. During the Battle of the Nile, she took refuge under the forts of Abukir, and formed up with Rear-admiral Villeneuve's squadron, which comprised the two 74-gun ''Guillaume Tell'' and ''Généreux'', and the frigates ''Diane'' and ''Justice''. Villeneuve then entrusted ''Salamine'' with the report of the battle for General Bonaparte, before sailing to Malta with his four ships.〔Lecomte, vol.2, p.367〕 In 8 May 1799, ''Salamine'' encountered the xebec ''Fortune'', under the command of Lieutenant Lewis Davis, and her consort ''Dame de Grace''.〔 ''Salamine'' and ''Fortune'' exchanged fire for two hours until ''Fortune'' had expended all her ammunition, had three guns dismounted, and had had two men killed and four wounded.〔Hepper (1994), p.91.〕 Then ''Salamine'' also recaptured the ''Dame de Grace''. This was the ''Vierge de Graces'', which Commodore Sir Sidney Smith in ''Tigre'' captured when he took a flotilla of seven vessels at Acre on 18 March 1799. ''Salamine'' took out her crew and scuttled ''Dame de Grace''.〔〔Winfield (2008), p.337.〕 Under Lieutenant Landry〔Roche, p.420〕〔James ((vol.2 p.263 ))〕 ''Salamine'' was part of the Syrian naval station under Rear-admiral Perrée.〔Fonds Marine, p.230〕 She ferried artillery and ammunition to the French Army besieging Acre. Sidney Smith's squadron chased Perrée's division, but it evaded him and sailed for Toulon.〔Troude, vol.3, p.164〕 Sixty miles off Toulon, on 17 June, Perrée's division met Lord Keith's fleet, who dispatched a force consisting of three 74-gun ships and two frigates, all under Captain John Markham, to intercept it. In weak winds, a 28-hour chase began, and the French division dispersed. By the evening of the 18th, ''Alerte'' was racing ahead, ''Salamine'' following three miles behind, and the French frigates four miles further behind her. At 19:00, the British 74-guns had subdued the frigates and Markham's force started chasing the two remaining brigs. The frigate eventually caught up with ''Salamine'', which struck to her much stronger opponent.〔〔Troude, vol.3, p.164〕〔 The entire British squadron, not just the vessels under Markham's command, shared in the prize money. (詳細は 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「Spanish brig Infante (1787)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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