HMS Curlew (1795)

History

United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Curlew
Ordered:	4 & 18 March 1795
Builder:	John Randall & Co., Rotherhithe
Laid down:	May 1795
Launched:	16 July 1795
Commissioned:	22 July - 29 August 1795
Fate:	Lost 1796
General characteristics ^[1]
Class & type:	Diligence-class brig-sloop
Type:	18-gun brig-sloop
Tons burthen:	316 ⁴¹⁄₉₄ (bm)
Length:	95 ft 1 in (29.0 m) (gundeck) 75 ft 2 ¹⁄₂ in (22.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	28 ft 1 ¹⁄₂ in (8.6 m)
Depth of hold:	12 ft 0 in (3.7 m)
Sail plan:	brig
Complement:	121
Armament:	16 × 32-pounder carronades 2 × 6-pounder chase guns

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Curlew.

HMS Curlew was an 18-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, commissioned in June 1795 under Commander Francis Ventris Field for Admiral Duncan's fleet.

On 31 October 1796 she disappeared during a storm in the North Sea, and was presumed to have foundered with all hands.^[1]

References

1 2 Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.

Diligence-class brig-sloop

Curlew Diligence Seagull Harpy Hound Kangaroo Cameleon Racoon

Preceded by: Albatross class Followed by: Cruizer class List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy

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