HMS Narcissus (1781)

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

History

Great Britain
Name:	HMS Narcissus
Ordered:	8 August 1777
Builder:	Plymouth Dockyard
Laid down:	13 June 1777
Launched:	9 May 1781
Completed:	By 20 June 1781
Fate:	Wrecked on 3 October 1796
General characteristics
Class & type:	Sphinx-class 20-gun sixth-rate post ship
Tons burthen:	429 ⁸⁰⁄₉₄ (bm)
Length:	108 ft (33 m) (overall) 89 ft 8 in (27.33 m)
Beam:	30 ft 0 ¹⁄₂ in (9.157 m)
Depth of hold:	9 ft 8.5 in (2.959 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Complement:	140 (134 from 1794)
Armament:	GD: 20 × 9-pounder guns QD (from 1794): 4 x 12-pounder carronades Fc (1794): 2 x 12-pounder carronades

HMS Narcissus was a Sphinx-class 20-gun sixth-rate post ship of the Royal Navy launched in 1781. Most notably in 1782, while she was under the command of Captain Edward Edwards, a mutiny occurred aboard the vessel that resulted in the hanging of six men, and the flogging of an additional 14. Captain Edwards went on to command HMS Pandora, which was assigned to carry the Bounty mutineers back to England.^[1]

Fate

Narcissus was wrecked in 1796.

References

↑ J. McKay, R. Coleman, "Anatomy of the Ship: The 24-Gun Frigate Pandora".

Sphinx-class post ship

Sphinx Camilla Daphne Galatea Ariadne Vestal Perseus Unicorn Ariel Narcissus

Preceded by: Later Seaford class Followed by: Porcupine class List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy

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