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} |} The Dutch corvette ''Scipio'' was launched in 1784. She convoyed Dutch East Indiamen between the cape of Good Hope and Europe until HMS ''Psyche'' captured her at Samarang in 1807. The British Royal Navy initially referred to her as HMS ''Scipio'', but then renamed her to HMS ''Samarang'' in 1808. (She was not commissioned in the Royal Navy.〔) She was instrumental in the capture of Amboyna and especially Pulo Ay, and participated in the invasion of Java (1811). She was sold at Bombay in 1814. ==Dutch service== In 1791 ''Scipio'' was under the command of Captain Cornelius de Jong van Rodenburgh, who sailed her to Cape of Good Hope, in company with the Dutch naval brig ''Komeet'', leaving on 17 December 1791. ''Scipio'' arrived on 27 March 1792 and ''Komeet'' arrived on 4 April. ''Scipio'' took a convoy of Dutch East Indiamen back to the Netherlands, leaving on 31 May 1793. He then returned to the Cape. On 18 May 1795, ''Komeet'', under the command of Captain-Lieutenant Mynheer Claris, and ''Scipio'', under the command of de Jong, set out from Table Bay with a convoy of sixteen East Indiamen, for Europe. Bad weather forced eight Indiamen back to the Cape. These eight sailed again on 22 May, but near Saint Helena they encountered British warships, which had heard that France had overrun the Netherlands and that the Batavian Republic was now a French ally. The British warships captured the Dutch vessels on 14 June and sent them to the River Shannon in Ireland. The remaining eight Indiamen, which had sailed on 18 May together with their two escorts, and a private Dutch ship from the Cape, the whaler ''Herstilder'', sailed on.〔van Eyeck van Heslinga (1988), p.43.〕 The Dutch captains decide to avoid the Channel and instead sail via the Shetland Islands to ports in then-neutral Norway.〔 On 28 August 1795, the convoy encountered , in company with and . ''Diana'' captured the Dutch East Indiaman ''Kromhout'', ''Cromhout'' or ''Crumhout''. The ''Cromhout''s capture resulted in at least £40,000 in prize money to be distributed among her captors. ''Seahorse'' captured the ''Herstilder''.〔 Then ''Unicorn'' parted company with the rest of the squadron and after a chase of 13 hours captured the ''Comet'' (''Komeet''). She was only four years old, in excellent condition, and armed with 18 English 9-pounder guns. She was provisioned with water and food for 110 men for a nine-month cruise. The Royal Navy took her into service as ''Comeet'', shortly thereafter renamed to ''Penguin''. ''Scipio'' escorted the remaining Indiamen into Norwegian waters, which they reached on 22 September. ''Scipio'' and three of the Indiamen arrived at Trondheim on 6 October. The remaining Indiamen went to Bergen and Ålesund.〔Sicking ''et al.'' (2004), p.96.〕 ''Scipio'' remained at Trondheim over winter and into spring. de Jong received orders to sail ''Scipio'' to Bergen. (The Dutch merchants remained at the ports they had reached. There they sold their cargoes and converted their vessels to neutral flags.〔) ''Scipio'' could not escape Bergen, so de Jong was ordered to return to Holland overland, which he did, taking with him only his servant and a lieutenant.〔 In 1802 ''Scipio'' was under the command of Captain-Lieutenant Jan Hendrick Carrega. After the Treaty of Amiens she was in the squadron under Admiral Jan Willem de Winter that sailed to the Mediterranean in May 1802 to end the Tripoli pirate depredations by negotiating a treaty of peace with the Tripolitan government. The squadron visited Tunis, Algiers, and Tripoli. It was at Ferrol in May 1803 and then sailed for Holland on 16 June.〔Leyland (1899), Vol. 1, pp,19-20.〕 In 1803 ''Scipio'' was transferred to the East Indies and on 29 November she reached the Cape of Good Hope.〔van Eyeck van Heslinga (1988), p.122.〕 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「Dutch corvette Scipio (1784)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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