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} |} The French corvette ''Robuste'' was a vessel built at Nantes as a slaver that made its first voyage in March 1789. The French navy purchased her in December 1793 and she served as a 22-gun corvette in the Channel. The British captured her in 1796 and took her into the Royal Navy as HMS ''Scourge''. She captured a number of French privateers, primarily in the West Indies, before the navy sold her in 1802. ==French service and capture== On 30 May 1795 ''Robuste'' was under the command of ''lieutenant de vaisseau'' Gautreau. She was operating between Lorient and Mindin. She had been escorting convoys between Verdon and the mouth of the Loire, and then returning to Lorient.〔''Fonds Marine'', Series BB, Vol. 1 (1790-1804), p.160.〕 Then between 11 May 1795 and 7 July, while under the command of ''lieutenant de vaisseau'' Arnous, she was escorting a convoy from Lorient to the Raz de Sein. In 16 April 1796, while in the Bay of Audierne, she encountered HMS ''Pomone''.〔''Fonds Marine'', Series BB, Vol. 1 (1790-1804), p.168.〕 ''Pomone'' captured ''Robuste'', of 22 guns and 145 men,〔 off Penmarch Point.〔Winfield and Roberts (2015), p. 213.〕 ''Robuste'' was sailing from Brest to L'Orient. The Royal Navy took her into service as ''Scourge''. Prize money for ''Robuste'' was paid in December 1796. 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 Robuste (1793)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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