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.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Staunch.

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: 152​76⁄94 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]

Citations and references

Citations

  1. Winfield (2008), pp. 332-4.

References

  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1861762461.
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