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The ''Félicité'' was a 32-gun frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of her class. Captured by the British Navy and sold to the State of Haiti, she entered Haitian service as ''Améthyste''. ==French service== In 1792, she traveled to the Caribbean Sea. On 29 December, she took part in the capture of the royalist brig ''Légère'' off Saint-Pierre. On 6 February 1806, she was present at the Battle of San Domingo, from which she escaped unharmed together with two other French vessels, the 36-gun frigate ''Cornélie'' and the 20-gun ship-corvette ''Diligente''. The frigates ''Comète'' and ''Félicité'', and the corvette ''Diligente'' captured and burned the American vessel ''Lark'', Moore, master, which was sailing from Philadelphia to Jamaica. In February 1809, she sailed with Troude's division to the Caribbean, armed ''en flûte''. In May, British ships chased two French frigates, armed en flûte and bringing supplies to Martinique, into the Basse Terre roads. The British set up a blockade, trapping ''Félicité'' and ''Furieuse'' in their shelter. By this time HMS ''Unique'', was in poor condition - in particular she was leaky, in part from the constant firing of her guns at shore batteries. The decision was made to use her as a fireship in an attempt to destroy one or both of the French vessels. On 31 May she was sent in during the evening but the mission failed. Having been lightened of most of her stores, ''Unique'' was vulnerable to gusts of wind, and she grounded not far from one of her targets. Her captain then set fire to a train of explosives to prevent her falling into French hands. ''Félicité'' and ''Furieuse'' escaped some time later, only to end up being captured. captured ''Furieuse'' on 5 July; ''Félicités'' French service lasted only a few months longer. On 18 June, HMS ''Latona'' and HMS ''Cherub'' captured her. At the time of her capture, ''Félicité'' was armed with only 14 guns, but had 174 men on board. She had left Guadaloupe in company with another frigate. They were sailing to France with colonial produce. The frigate escaped through superior sailing despite ''Cherub'' having conducted a long chase. The British sold her to Henri Christophe's State of Haiti the next month. The Haitians renamed her ''Améthyste''. 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 frigate Félicité (1785)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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