HMS Staunch (1797)

HMS Staunch was a mercantile vessel that the Royal Navy purchased in frame on the stocks at Kent. She had a brief, unremarkable career until the Navy sold her 1803.

Staunch
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS GB No. 44
Builder	John Nicholson, Rochester
Launched	1 May 1797
Acquired	By purchase
Commissioned	June 1797
Renamed	HMS Staunch on 7 August 1797
Fate	Sold 1803
General characteristics [1]
Type	Gun-vessel
Tons burthen	15276⁄94 bm
Length	68 ft 4 in (20.8 m) (gundeck) 53 ft 11 in (16.4 m) (keel)
Beam	23 ft 1 in (7.0 m)
Draught	4 ft 8 in (1.42 m) (unladen);7 ft 10 in (2.4 m) (laden)
Depth of hold	9 ft 10 in (3.0 m)
Sail plan	Brig
Complement	50
Armament	10 × 18-pounder carronades + 2 × 24-pounder chase guns

Lieutenant John Conn commissioned her in June 1797 and she sailed on 11 June. In June 1798 Lieutenant Constantine Henvill replaced Conn. He sailed Staunch in April 1800 for the Leeward Islands. Lieutenant John Broughton took command in 1802 and remained her commander until he paid her off in February 1803. She was sold later in 1803.[1]