Jump to content

HMS Comus

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Comus, after the Greek god of festivity, revels and nocturnal dalliances:

Also:

  • The British privateer Comus, on 7 December 1800, captured a French chasse maree armed with three 3-pounder guns and carrying a cargo of hides. The next day, after an eight-hour chase, Comus captured the French letter of marque brig Rocou, which was pierced for 14 guns but armed with twelve 6 and 2-pounder guns, carrying cotton and rice from Cayenne to Bordeaux. Comus sent the brig into Guernsey and the chasse maree into Jersey.[1] Comus herself was a small lugger of 32 tons burthen, armed with six 6-pounder guns and carrying a crew of 30 men.[2]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "No. 15322". The London Gazette. 23 December 1800. p. 1438.
  2. ^ "Register of Letters of Marque against France 1793-1815". Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2011.