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''Émilie'' a French corvette-built privateer based in Île de France (now Mauritius). She is mostly known as one of the ships captained by Robert Surcouf. == Career == ''Émilie'' was originally the merchantman ''Lafayette'', arrived at Île de France from Bordeaux in July 1792. In 1793, she was commissioned as a privateer corvette and conducted a campaign under Jean-François Malroux during the year. In September 1793, she was renamed ''Île de France'' and cruised until April 1794 under Léonard-Julien Quiroard. Around May 1794, she was under Louis Levaillant, carrying the name ''Modeste''. She notably captured the Dutch East India Company ship ''Hootluyce'', with Joachim Drieux leading her boarding party.〔Gallois, vol.2, p. 361〕 In August 1795, ''Modeste'' passed under the command of Robert Surcouf, who renamed her ''Émilie''. Governor Malartic had refused to provide Surcouf a lettre de marque and ordered ''Émilie'' to go to the Seychelles to purchase tortoises as food for Isle de France.〔Levot, p.494〕〔Granier, p.217〕〔Cunat, p.392〕 Nevertheless, in January, she captured the pilot ship ''Cartier''; Surcouf transferred to ''Cartier'', renamed ''Hasard'', taking all the guns of ''Émilie'' and leaving only 23 men aboard under Jean Croizet. Returned to Île de France, ''Émilie'' was renamed back to ''Modeste''. In August 1796, she set out for another campaign under Claude Deschiens, this time armed with 20 guns. Deschiens was killed in battle on 10 September, and ''Modeste'' returned to Île de France. The same month, she set out for another campaign under Jean-Marie Dutertre. She seems to have been captured by HMS ''Fox'' near Visakhapatnam in March 1797.〔〔Demerliac (p. 308, no 2898) states that ''Modeste'' was captured either by HMS ''Fox'' in March 1797, or by ''Cleopatra'' in April 1798; it appears that ''Cleopatra'' was in the English channel at the time, when she captured a privateer named ''Émilie'' but unrelated to the present ship.〕 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「Émilie (1793 ship)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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