HMS Crane (1809)
| History | |
|---|---|
 UK | |
| Name | HMS Crane |
| Ordered | 5 November 1808 |
| Builder | Josiah & Thomas Brindley, Frindsbury |
| Laid down | December 1808 |
| Launched | 27 September 1809 |
| Fate | Foundered December 1813 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | Cruizer class brig-sloop |
| Tonnage | 385 55⁄94 bm |
| Length |
|
| Beam | 30 ft 7+1⁄2 in (9.3 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 9 in (3.9 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Brig |
| Complement | 121 |
| Armament | 16 x 32-pounder carronades + 2 x 6-pounder bow guns |
HMS Crane was a Royal Navy Cruizer class brig-sloop launched in 1809.[1] She had a completely and unusually uneventful five-year career before she foundered in 1814.
She was commissioned in September 1809 under Cmdr. James Stuart for the Irish station.[1] Stuart captured two American vessels, the Asia of Boston and the Washington of Marblehead, on their way home from Archangel. He brought the crews into Horta, in the Azores, and released them to John B. Dabney, the American consul, who repatriated them. It is not at all clear why Stuart had detained the Americans.[2]
In August 1811 Commander William Haydon took temporary command and sailed her for the Leeward Islands on 29 September 1812.[1] Her next captain was Commander Thomas Forrest. In December 1813 Commander Robert Standly became her captain.
On 4 April 1814 Crane chased the American privateer Chasseur, of 14 guns and 135 men, off St Kitts, but was unable to capture her.[3]
Crane was lost, presumed foundered with all hands, in September 1814 while en route from Bermuda to Canada.[4][5]
Citations and references
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References
- Abdo, Joseph C. (2005) On the Edge of History:the story of the Dabney family on the Island of Faial in the Azores archiplelago. (Lisbon, Portugal: Tenth Island Editions). ISBN 978-972-99858-0-5
- Gilly, William Octavius Shakespeare, (1851) Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy between 1793 and 1849 compiled principally from official documents in the Admiralty, Parker, London, available net www.books.google.com.
- Gossett, William Patrick (1986) The lost ships of the Royal Navy, 1793-1900. (London:Mansell). ISBN 0-7201-1816-6
- Hepper, David J. (1994) British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. (Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot). ISBN 0-948864-30-3
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.