| 词条 | HMS Excellent (1787) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Excellent took part in the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797. On 9 October 1799, Excellent chased the 18-gun {{ship|French corvette|Aréthuse|1798|2}}. Aréthuse attempted to flee but part of her rigging broke during the night, and Excellent caught her. After a brief fight, Aréthuse struck her colours. She was recommissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Raven. On 9 April 1802, the 8th West India Regiment revolted in Dominica. They killed three officers, imprisoned the others and took over Fort Shirley. On the following day, {{HMS|Magnificent|1766|2}}, which was anchored in Prince Rupert's Bay,[2] sent a party of marines ashore to restore order. The mutineers fired upon the Magnificent with no effect. Excellent, the frigate {{HMS|Severn|1786|2}}, and the sloop {{HMS|Gaiete|1797|2}} assisted Magnificent, also supplying marines. On 12 April, Governor Cochrane entered Fort Shirley with the Royal Scots Regiment and the 68th Regiment of Foot. The rebels were drawn up on the Upper Battery of Fort Shirley with three of their officers as prisoners and presented arms to the other troops. They obeyed Cochrane's command to ground their arms but refused his order to step forward. The mutineers picked up their arms and fired a volley. Shots were returned, followed by a bayonet charge that broke their ranks and a close range fire fight ensued. Those mutineers who tried to escape over the precipice to the sea were exposed to grape-shot and canister fire from Magnificent.[3] FateIn 1820, Excellent was reduced to a 58-gun ship. From 1830 she was serving as a training ship. She was broken up in 1835.{{sfnp|Lavery|2003|p=180}} References1. ^{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=aS4FAAAAQAAJ&pg=PT736&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=John%20Gell&f=false |title=John Gell, Esq. Vice Admiral of the White |editor-last=Taylor |editor-first=C. |date=1807 |journal=The Literary Panorama |page=1385 |via=Google Books |access-date=1 November 2008}} 2. ^{{cite book |last1=Clarke |first1=J. S. |authorlink1=James Stanier Clarke |last2=McArthur |first2=J. |title=The Naval Chronicle: Volume 14, July-December 1805: Containing a General and Biographical History of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom with a Variety of Original Papers on Nautical Subjects |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vk4QfgepaHMC |date=2 September 2010 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-108-01853-1}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.lennoxhonychurch.com/cabrits3.cfm |title=The 8th West India Regiment Revolts |last=Honychurch |first=Lennox |website=lennoxhonychurch.com |access-date=13 December 2013 |dead-url=yes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113220232/http://www.lennoxhonychurch.com/cabrits3.cfm#8th |archive-date=13 November 2013}} Bibliography{{refbegin}}
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