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HMS Lion (1709 hoy)

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Admiralty plan of the hoy Lyon, 1709,
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Lion (or Lyon)
BuilderDeptford Dockyard (M/Shipwright Joseph Allin)
LaunchedApril 1709
FateWrecked 1752
General characteristics [1]
TypeHoy
Tons burthen107 9294 (bm)
Length
  • Overall: 63 ft 11 in (19.48 m)
  • Keel: 50 ft 9 in (15.5 m)
Beam20 ft 0 in (6.10 m)
Depth of hold9 ft 0 in (2.74 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plansloop
Armament4 × 4-pounder guns + 4 × swivel guns

HMS Lion (or Lyon) was a stores hoy launched in 1709. She was wrecked at Port Isaac on 26 August 1752.[1]

Lion was under the command of Samuel Wakerel, master. All of her crew was saved, as was some of her cargo of lumber.[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Winfield (2007), p. 367.
  2. ^ Hepper (1994), p. 39.

References

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  • Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0948864303.
  • Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1844157006.