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''HMS Phaeton'' was a 38-gun, Minerva-class fifth rate of Britain's Royal Navy. This frigate was most noted for her intrusion into Nagasaki harbour in 1808. John Smallshaw (Smallshaw & Company) built ''Phaeton'' in Liverpool between 1780 and 1782. She participated in numerous engagements during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, during which service she captured many prizes. | ''HMS Phaeton'' was a 38-gun, Minerva-class fifth rate of Britain's Royal Navy. This frigate was most noted for her intrusion into Nagasaki harbour in 1808. John Smallshaw (Smallshaw & Company) built ''Phaeton'' in Liverpool between 1780 and 1782. She participated in numerous engagements during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, during which service she captured many prizes. | ||
− | [[Francis Beaufort]], inventor of the Beaufort Wind Force Scale, was a lieutenant on ''Phaeton'' when he distinguished himself during a successful cutting out expedition in 1800. | + | [[Francis Beaufort]], inventor of the Beaufort Wind Force Scale, was a lieutenant on ''Phaeton'' when he distinguished himself during a successful cutting out expedition in 1800. Phaeton sailed to the Pacific in 1805, and entered Nagasaki Harbour in 1808. |
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== Nagasaki Harbour Incident == | == Nagasaki Harbour Incident == |