HMS Brazen (1808)

**HMS ''Brazen*** wani jirgin ruwa ne mai daraja 28 na Royal Navy *Bittern*, wanda aka ƙaddamar a cikin 1808.

Ko da yake ta yi aiki a lokacin Yaƙin Napoleon, ta bayyana cewa ta rasa duk wani yaƙi ko ta yaya kuma ta sami kyaututtuka kaɗan a cikin wannan rikici. Duk da haka, a yakin 1812 tsakanin Amurka da Birtaniya ta kama *Beaver* da *Warren* a cikin Gulf of Mexico, amma *Warren* ya rushe a Grand Gosier Island, kusa da [[New Orleans]], a cikin guguwa. *Brazen* ya sami mummunar lalacewa a cikin guguwar kuma, bayan gyaran gida, an sake kira zuwa Ingila don bincike.

Bayan binciken ne ta raka ayarin motocin zuwa Canada ta dawo ta kwato *Daphne* . Daga nan ta dauki Duke na Brunswick zuwa Holland kuma ta yi sintiri a Tekun Irish har sai ta dawo tashar Indies ta Yamma. A cikin 1815, ta dauki labarin yarjejeniyar Ghent, wanda ya kawo karshen yakin 1812, ga sojojin Birtaniya da suka kama Fort Bowyer kuma suka taimaka wajen kai su Ingila. Bayan yakin, ta shiga cikin binciken da aka yi a gabar tekun Venezuela kuma ta yi sintiri a mashigin tekun Mexico, inda ta samu kyaututtuka da dama.

A cikin 1820s ta yi aiki tare da Squadron na Yammacin Afirka da ke aiki don murkushe cinikin bayi. A cikin wannan hidimar ta kama bayi da yawa kuma ta 'yantar da bayi sama da 2,000. *Brazen* ya ƙare aikinsa a matsayin ɗakin sujada mai iyo kuma ya rabu a cikin 1848.

== Yakin 1812 ==
Kwamanda Lewis Shepard ne ya umarce ta a cikin Yuli 1808 don tashar Jamaica . Nicholas Diddams ne ya gina ta a Portsmouth Dockyard .  An ƙara Shepard zuwa matsayin kyaftin a ranar 21 ga Oktoba 1810. Daga Oktoba 1810 ta kasance ƙarƙashin umarnin Richard Plummer Davies, har yanzu a tashar Jamaica. 

Tsakanin Yuni 1812 da Agusta 1818 ta kasance ƙarƙashin umarnin kwamandan James Stirling kuma yawancin lokacin tana aiki a Yammacin Indies  Stirling ya shiga cikin jirgin a Port Royal Harbour, Jamaica, a ranar 29 ga Yuni 1812 kuma a ranar 11 ga Yuli *Brazen* ya bar aikinta na farko a yakin 1812, don cin zarafin tashoshin jiragen ruwa na Amurka da jigilar kaya a cikin Gulf of Mexico. 

A ranar 6 ga Agusta 1812, kusa da ƙofar Balize zuwa Mississippi, ta kama jirgin ruwa na Amurka *Beaver*, wanda ke tafiya zuwa Havana da kaya na sukari da kofi.  Ta sanya ma'aikatan jirgin da matukan jirgi biyu a bakin teku sannan kuma ma'aikatan bayar da kyautuka na wani Laftanar da ma'aikatan ruwa biyar suka tashi *daga Beaver* zuwa Jamaica.  

A ranar 18 ga Agusta 1812 *Brazen* ya kama *Warren* kusa da tsibirin Horn, kusa da bakin tekun [[Mississippi (jiha)|Mississippi]] . Duk da haka, washegari aka jefa ta a bakin teku kuma ta lalace a cikin guguwar 19/20 ga Agusta 1812 .  *Brazen* kuma ya sha wahala sosai. *Lloyd's List* ta ruwaito cewa ita da jirgin ruwan  sun yi karo da juna inda suka yi asarar matsuguninsu a gabar tekun Mississippi, amma an ceci ma'aikatan.  Dukansu tasoshin sun sake shawagi, an gyara su, kuma an mayar da su aiki. *Brazen* ya isa New Providence; *Southampton* ta isa Jamaica a ranar 6 ga Oktoba.  Ko da yake babu wani jirgin ruwa da ya yi hasarar guguwar, *Southampton* ta yi asarar kusan wata guda bayan ta buga wani dutse da ba a gano ba.

amma duk da haka ya ja anka guda uku zuwa cikin kwata mil mil daga rairayin bakin teku. Lokacin da guguwar ta wuce, ta ceci babban ma'aikacin daga tarkacen Warren kuma ta ratsa zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa na Spain na Pensacola . Hukumomin Spain sun ba ta damar saukar da wasu ma’aikatan jirgin ruwa don yanke katakon katako kuma a cikin watan Satumba ma’aikatan sun maye gurbin tudun kuma sun yi wasu gyare-gyare. A ranar 29 ga Satumba Brazen ta bar Pensacola don ci gaba da sintiri a bakin Mississippi. Ba da daɗewa ba Stirling ya gane cewa gyare-gyaren bai sa jirgin ya cika teku ba kuma ya yanke shawarar mayar da ita Port Royal, inda ta isa ranar 20 ga Nuwamba. An sake yin gyare-gyare a Jamaica, amma an sake dawo da jirgin zuwa Ingila don binciken kulawa. Ta bar ranar 19 ga Disamba kuma ta isa Spithead a ranar 9 ga Fabrairu 1813, kafin ta tashi zuwa Sheerness don binciken. 

Bayan binciken ta tashi a ranar 4 ga Yuni 1813 a matsayin rakiyar ayarin motocin da ke ɗauke da shaguna da mazauna Churchill a Hudson Bay . Tasoshin sune Eddystone, Prince of Wales, da *Ann* . A ranar 29 ga Yuni *Brazen* ya sake kama *Daphne* .  Ta tsaya daga Churchill a ranar 19 ga Agusta kuma ta sake barin ranar 20 ga Satumba, ta raka wani ayari zuwa Ingila ta tsibirin Orkney kuma ta isa Downs a ranar 25 ga Nuwamba. 

A lokacin da ta koma Ingila ta sami kwamiti a watan Disamba don kai Duke na Brunswick zuwa Holland . Daga nan, a tsakanin Maris da Disamba 1814, ta yi sintiri a Tekun Irish da Ƙasar Hebrides don neman jiragen ruwa na Amurka, ta bar ranar 29 ga Disamba don komawa Indiya ta Yamma.

*Brazen* ya isa Barbados a farkon Fabrairu 1815 kuma ya karɓi kwamiti don ɗaukar labarin Yarjejeniyar Ghent, wanda ya kawo ƙarshen Yaƙin 1812, zuwa Fort Bowyer, wanda sojojin Burtaniya suka kama, da kuma ɗaukar sojojin Burtaniya zuwa Havana sannan kuma su koma Ingila.  Zuwanta a Fort Bowyer ya hana wani hari na Burtaniya akan Wayar hannu. *Brazen* ya bar Mobile a ranar 25 ga Maris 1815 kuma ya tashi daga Havana a ranar 4 ga Afrilu, ya dawo gida tare da Janar Sir John Lambert, Baynes, Mataimakinsa-de-sansanin, Laftanar Harry Smith (daga baya Laftanar Janar Sir Harry Smith ) da kuma wadanda suka jikkata kamar yadda ta iya ɗauka.  Smith, a cikin tarihin rayuwarsa, daga baya ya rubuta

== Bayan yakin ==
A ranar 24 ga Satumba 1816 ta kama *Hercules*  a Carlisle Bay, Barbados . An yi wa *Hercules* lakabi da "Black Frigate" kuma shi ne tutar Admiral William Brown na Argentine. Ta kasance tana fada a gefen 'yan juyin juya halin Venezuelan da Mutanen Espanya kuma tana da kaya mai mahimmanci na sauri, siliki, karfe, busassun kaya, da kayan yaji da aka kwashe daga garuruwan Spain da jiragen ruwa. Gwamnan Barbados ya ba da umarnin a sake ta, ba ya so ya nuna rashin amincewar Birtaniya a cikin wannan rikici. Duk da haka *Brazen* ya sake kama ta bayan ta bar Barbados ta kai ta Antigua. Brown ya daukaka kara kuma bayan an dade ana shari'ar babbar kotun Admiralty ta yanke hukunci a kan goyon bayan Brown. *Brazen* bai sami kuɗin kyauta ba kuma Stirling ya ci gaba da karɓar buƙatun diyya na shekaru da yawa. 

Ranar 16 ga Fabrairu 1817 *Brazen* ya kama *Henry* . 

Tsakanin Nuwamba 1816 da Janairu 1818, *Brazen* ya shiga cikin binciken tekun Venezuelan kuma an amince da tsarin kasuwanci tare da masu tayar da kayar baya na Simon Bolivar a cikin jirgin.  A ranar 21 ga Yuli 1818 ta isa Portsmouth daga Barbados, bayan ta yi balaguron cikin kwanaki 31.

Tsakanin Disamba 1818 da Janairu 1820 *Brazen* ya kasance a Portsmouth yana fuskantar gyare-gyare kuma ana daidaita shi don teku. An sake shigar da ita a watan Disamba 1819 karkashin Kyaftin William Shepheard. [ 1 ] >

A cikin 1820 da 1821 ta yi aiki a [[Saint Halena|St Helena]] da [[Tsibirin Ascension|Tsibirin Hawan Hawan Hawan Sama]] kafin ta koma Ingila. Ta isa Portsmouth a ranar 31 ga Oktoba.

A cikin Janairu 1823 Kyaftin George W. Willes ya karbi umarni. [ 1 ] A ranar 2 ga Disamba 1824 ta kama *Jane* da kayanta.  A ranar 13 ga Fabrairun 1825 ta kama sloop *Elizabeth'' .   A ranar 18 ga Maris 1825 ta kasance a Bognor, bayan ta kori a bakin tekun wani jirgin ruwan baho da galley tare da kaya na gin, shayi, da taba.  Yin sintiri na hana fasa kwauri na iya zama ba abin burgewa ba, amma yana iya samun riba. 

A ranar 21 ga Mayu ta kama jirgin ruwan Faransa Courier . Mai yanke kudaden shiga Wellington da jirgin ruwa daga Hyperion sun taimaka Brazen .

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