HMS Intrepid (1770)
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 UK
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| Name: | HMS Intrepid |
| Ordered: | 16 November 1765 |
| Builder: | Woolwich Dockyard |
| Laid down: | January 1767 |
| Launched: | 4 December 1770 |
| Fate: | Sold out of the service, 1818 |
| Notes: |
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| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class & type: | Intrepid-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1374 bm |
| Length: | 159 ft 6 in (48.62 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 44 ft 4 in (13.51 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | |
HMS Intrepid was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 4 December 1770 at Woolwich.[1]
Initial service
In 1772 Intrepid sailed to the Dutch East Indies. The ship's master on this journey was John Hunter, later an admiral and the second Governor of New South Wales.[2]
She took part in the Battle of the Chesapeake in 1781.
French Revolutionary Wars
In February 1796, Intrepid was patrolling near Cap-François looking for reinforcements expected from Cork when she encountered a French corvette. After a chase of ten hours, the frigate ran ashore in a cove to the east of Porto Plata, where her crew abandoned her, enabling the British to retrieve her. She turned out to be the Perçante, armed with twenty 9-pounder guns and six brass 2-pounders, with a crew of 200 men under the command of Citoyen Jacque Clement Tourtellet. She had left La Rochelle on 6 December 1795 under orders from the Minister of Marine and Colonies not to communicate with any vessel on the way.[3] The British took her into service as the sixth-rate HMS Jamaica. Musquito must have been in company or in sight as she shared in the proceeds of the capture.[4]
In January 1799, Intrepid was the British flagship in the defence of Macau during the Macau Incident.
Napoleonic Wars
In April 1809, a strong French squadron arrived at the Îles des Saintes, south of Guadeloupe. There they were blockaded until 14 April, when a British force under Major-General Frederick Maitland and Captain Philip Beaver in Acasta, invaded and captured the islands.[5] Intrepid was among the naval vessels that shared in the proceeds of the capture of the islands.[Note 1]
Fate
Intrepid was sold out of the Navy in 1818.[1]
Notes, citations, and reference
- Notes
- ↑ The prize agent for a number of the vessels involved, Henry Abbott, went bankrupt. In May 1835 there was a final payment of a dividend from his estate. A first-class share was worth 10s 2¾d; a sixth-class share, that of an ordinary seaman, was worth 1d. Seventh-class (landsmen) and eighth-class (boys) shares were fractions of a penny, too small to pay.[6]
- Citations
- 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p181.
- ↑ Auchmuty, J.J. (1966). "Hunter, John (1737-1821)". Australian Dictionary of Biography Online. Melbourne University Press. Retrieved 13 January 2009.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 13886. p. 375. 23 April 1796.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 15409. p. 1175. 22 September 1801.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 16262. pp. 779–782. 30 May 1809.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 19255. p. 643. 3 April 1835.
- References
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.