HMS Mediator (1745)

HMS Mediator was a 10-gun single-masted sloop of war of the Royal Navy, in service in American in 1745, during the War of the Austrian Succession. Built in Chesapeake Bay in 1742, she was purchased by the Navy four years later and sailed to Portsmouth for fitting out. She was captured by a French privateer in June 1745, but recaptured the following day.[1]

History
Great Britain
Name:	HMS Mediator
Laid down:	1741
Launched:	1741
Acquired:	1745 at Antigua
Commissioned:	18 March 1745
In service:	1745
Stricken:	3 June 1745
Reinstated:	4 June 1745
Fate:	Foundered at Ostend, 29 July 1745
General characteristics
Class and type:	sloop of war
Tons burthen:	104 ​^74⁄94 bm
Length:	61 ft 4 in (18.7 m) (gundeck) 44 ft 0 in (13.4 m) (keel)
Beam:	21 ft 2 in (6.5 m)
Sail plan:	single-masted, sloop-rigged
Complement:	80
Armament:	10 x 4-pdrs 18 x ​^1⁄2-pounder swivel guns

Mediator sprang a leak and foundered in Ostend harbor on 29 July 1745.[1]

Construction

Mediator was built as a private merchant vessel in early 1742, on the shore of Chesapeake Bay in the British colony of Virginia.[2] She was a single-masted sloop with sloop-rigged sails, a 44 ft 0 in (13.4 m) keel and a substantial 21 ft 2 in (6.5 m) beam.[1]

References

1. Winfield 2007, p.306
2. Marsh, John (1978). "Privateers off The Needles, 1745". The Mariner's Mirror. Portsmouth, UK: Society for Nautical Research. 64 (4). doi:10.1080/00253359.1978.10659104.

Bibliography

• Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 9781844157006.