HMS Experiment (1794)
Experiment was one of 12 small vessels that the Navy Board purchased pursuant to an Admiralty Order dated 6 March 1794. The aim was to expend the vessels as fire ships. None was used as a fire ship; instead, most served with Sir Sidney Smith's squadron off the coast of France.[1]
| History | |
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| Name: | HMS Experiment |
| Launched: | 1794 |
| Fate: | Sold 1801 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Tons burthen: | 8479⁄94 (bm) |
| Length: | 62 ft 9 in (19.1 m) (overall); 50 ft 7 1⁄8 in (15.4 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 9 ft 7 in (2.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Complement: | Sailing master + nine men |
| Notes: | Two decks |
Experiment was commissioned under Mr. James Stewart in June 1794. She was recommissioned in August 1798 under Mr. L. Huggins. She was paid off in January 1799.[1]
The Board of Commissioners and Principal Officers of the Navy offered Experiment of 85 tons burthen, copper-sheathed and fastened, and laying at Woolwich for sale on 16 December 1801.[2] She sold there on that date for £205.[1]
Citations and references
Citations
- Winfield (2008), p.379.
- "No. 15434". The London Gazette. 8 December 1801. p. 1463.
References
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.
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