HMS Terror (1741)

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For other ships with the same name, see List of ships named HMS Terror.

History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameTerror
Ordered14 September 1741
BuilderLimehouse
Laid down9 October 1741
FateSold in 1754
General characteristics
PropulsionSail

HMS Terror was a 14-gun bomb vessel launched in 1741 and sold in 1754.

Terror was commissioned in 1742 under the command of Commander Abraham Duncomb. Terror was involved in the naval battle in Loch nan Uamh during the Jacobite rising, where she was disabled by a volley from the French privateer Bellone. She was sold in 1754 at Deptford.

Reference

  • Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
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