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.

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Scourge
AcquiredBy purchase (Admiralty Order 3 February 1794)
FateBroken up September 1803
General characteristics [1]
TypeHoy
Tonnage67 (bm)
Length
  • 66 ft 2 in (20.2 m) (overall)
  • 58 ft 7+38 in (17.9 m) (keel)
Beam14 ft 8 in (4.5 m)
Depth of hold6 ft 7 in (2.0 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plansloop
Complement30
Armament1 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

  1. Winfield (2008), p. 325.
  2. "No. 15565". The London Gazette. 8 March 1803. p. 255.
  3. Naval Chronicle, Vol. 11, Appendix (p.496).

References

  • 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.


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