HMS Plumper
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Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Plumper:
- HMS Plumper (1794) was a 12-gun gunvessel launched in 1794 and sold in 1802.
- HMS Plumper (1804) was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1804 and captured by six French brigs, a schooner and a dogger full of soldiers in 1805 while she was anchored off Chausey. The French took her into Granville, together with Teazer.[1]
- HMS Plumper (1807) was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1807 and wrecked in 1812 while en route to Halifax with £70,000 in specie for the purchase of arms for the military in St John. She struck on the ledges off Dipper Harbour in the Bay of Fundy and sank immediately with the loss of the specie and 50 of her 60-man crew.[2]
- HMS Plumper (1813) was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1813 and sold in 1833.
- HMS Plumper (1848) was a unique wooden screw sloop launched in 1848 and sold in 1865.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Gossett, William Patrick (1986) The lost ships of the Royal Navy, 1793-1900. (London: Mansell). ISBN 0-7201-1816-6
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