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
Great Britain
NameHMS Experiment
Launched1794
FateSold 1801
General characteristics [1]
Tons burthen847994 (bm)
Length62 ft 9 in (19.1 m) (overall); 50 ft 7+18 in (15.4 m) (keel)
Beam17 ft 9 in (5.4 m)
Depth of hold9 ft 7 in (2.9 m)
PropulsionSail
ComplementSailing master + nine men
NotesTwo 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

  1. Winfield (2008), p. 379.
  2. "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 Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.
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