HMS Scourge (1794)
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.
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Name: | HMS Scourge |
Acquired: | by purchase (Admiralty Order 3 February 1794) |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type: | Hoy |
Tonnage: | 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 x 24-pounder gun + 3 x 32-pounder carronades |
Fate
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 and references
Citations
- Winfield (2008), p.325.
- "No. 15565". The London Gazette. 8 March 1803. p. 255.
- Naval Chronicle, Vol. 11, Appendix (p.496).
References
- Britain's Navy webpage
- Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.
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