HMS Scourge (1794)
Appearance
History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Scourge |
Acquired | By purchase (Admiralty Order 3 February 1794) |
Fate | Broken up September 1803 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Hoy |
Tons burthen | 67 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 14 ft 8 in (4.5 m) |
Depth of hold | 6 ft 7 in (2.0 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | sloop |
Complement | 30 |
Armament | 1 × 24-pounder gun + 3 × 32-pounder carronades |
HMS Scourge was a 4-gun gun-vessel, formerly a Dutch hoy, purchased in February 1794. She was fitted out at Deptford between April and 12 May, and commissioned under Lieutenant John Store.[1] His replacement, in August 1795, was Lieutenant John Wolfe, who was succeeded in the next month by Lieutenant Robert Watherston. A little over a year later, in October 1796, Lieutenant Francis M'Ghie took command. In March of the next year Lieutenant Charles Randle replaced him.
Fate
[edit]She was paid off in April 1802.[1] The "Scourge Gun-Vessel, 71 Tons, lying at Sheerness", was put up for sale in March 1803.[2][3] She was renamed Crash on 10 August 1803, but then she was broken up at Sheerness in September.[1]
Citations
[edit]- ^ a b c d Winfield (2008), p. 325.
- ^ "No. 15565". The London Gazette. 8 March 1803. p. 255.
- ^ Naval Chronicle, Vol. 11, Appendix (p.496).
References
[edit]- Britain's Navy webpage
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.