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
NameHMS GB No. 44
BuilderJohn Nicholson, Rochester
Launched1 May 1797
AcquiredBy purchase
CommissionedJune 1797
RenamedHMS Staunch on 7 August 1797
FateSold 1803
General characteristics [1]
TypeGun-vessel
Tons burthen1527694 bm
Length
  • 68 ft 4 in (20.8 m) (gundeck)
  • 53 ft 11 in (16.4 m) (keel)
Beam23 ft 1 in (7.0 m)
Draught4 ft 8 in (1.42 m) (unladen);7 ft 10 in (2.4 m) (laden)
Depth of hold9 ft 10 in (3.0 m)
Sail planBrig
Complement50
Armament10 × 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]

Citations

  1. Winfield (2008), pp. 332–4.

References

  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 17931817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1861762461.
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