HMS Renard (1873)

HMS Renard was a schooner of the Royal Navy, built by John Cuthbert, Millers Point, New South Wales and launched 16 January 1873.[2]

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Renard.

History
Name:	HMS Renard
Builder:	John Cuthbert, Millers Point, New South Wales
Launched:	16 January 1873
Fate:	Sold in March 1883.
General characteristics [1]
Type:	Beagle-class schooner
Tons burthen:	120 bm
Length:	77 ft 0 in (23.5 m)
Beam:	18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
Depth of hold:	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Sail plan:	Schooner
Complement:	27
Armament:	1 x 12-pounder gun

She commenced service on the Australia Station at Sydney in 1873 for anti-blackbirding operations in the South Pacific and later hydrographic surveys around Chesterfield Islands, Fiji and the Russell Islands.[2] Under the command of Captain Pugh, she was engaged in anti-blackbirding operations in 1876 and visited Nukufetau in the Ellice Islands in search of Bully Hayes, who was notorious for his blackbirding activities.[3]

She was paid off in 1883 and sold.[2] She was then employed in the Soloman Island trade.

Citations

1. Winfield (2004) p. 301
2. Bastock, p. 59.
3. Resture, Alfred. "Alfred Restieaux Manuscripts – Part 2". Jane Resture. Retrieved 23 March 2013.

References

• Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0
• Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6.