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''Bayonnaise'' was a 24-gun corvette of the French Navy, launched in 1793. She became famous for her capture of on 14 December 1798. Her crew destroyed ''Bayonnaise'' in November 1803 to prevent her capture. ==Career== ''Bayonnaise'' was being built as a privateer when the Ministry of Marine requisitioned her in 1793 before she sailed. The Ministry assumed the construction contracts and purchased her in March 1794.〔 ''Bayonnaise'' participated in the Croisière du Grand Hiver, an unsuccessful sortie by the French fleet at Brest on 24 December 1794. Her hull was coppered in 1795 in Brest. She was officially renamed ''Brême'' that year, but apparently the new name was roundly ignored.〔 In late 1798, under ''lieutenant de vaisseau'' Jean-Baptiste-Edmond Richer, she ferried 120 prisoners from Rochefort to French Guyana. She then ferried troops and despatches from Cayenne to Guadeloupe, and headed back for France. She became famous for the Action of 14 December 1798, in which she captured the much stronger 32-gun ''Ambuscade'' off the Gironde. ''Ambuscade'' was blockading Rochefort, when the smaller ''Bayonnaise'' captured her. ''Ambuscade'' had ten men killed, including her first lieutenant and master, and 36 wounded, including her captain. ''Baïonnaise'' had 30 killed, and 30 badly wounded, including Richer and his first lieutenant.〔 The court martial exonerated Captain Henry Jenkins of ''Ambuscade'', though a good case could be made that he exhibited poor leadership and ship handling.〔Hepper (1994), p.89.〕 The French brought her into service as ''Embuscade''; the Royal Navy later re-captured her. 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「French corvette Bayonnaise (1793)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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