HMS Hazard (1744)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Hazard.
History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Hazard
Ordered: 4 April 1744
Builder: John Buxton, Snr, Rotherhithe
Laid down: 26 April 1744
Launched: 11 December 1744
Completed: 2 March 1745 at Deptford Dockyard
Commissioned: November 1744
Fate: Sold in 1749
General characteristics
Class & type: Merlin-class sloop
Tons burthen: 272 8394 bm
Length:
  • 92 ft 3.75 in (28.1 m) (gundeck)
  • 74 ft 11.125 in (22.8 m) (keel)
Beam: 26 ft 2 in (8.0 m)
Depth of hold: 12 ft 0 in (3.66 m)
Sail plan: Snow brig
Complement: 110
Armament: 10 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Hazard was a 14-gun Merlin-class sloop launched in 1744. She was captured in November 1745 by Jacobite forces in Montrose harbour and was sailed to Dunkirk and was renamed Le Prince Charles.

In March 1746, the ship was carrying £13,000 in gold, arms and other supplies to Inverness, when she was intercepted and was chased by HMS Sheerness, which recaptured Le Prince Charles in the Kyle of Tongue on the 26 March.

Reverting to her previous name Hazard, she was sold in 1749.

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