HMS Bold (1801)
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| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Bold |
| Ordered: | 30 December 1800 |
| Builder: | Wells & Co, Blackwall Yard |
| Laid down: | January 1801 |
| Launched: | 16 April 1801 |
| Completed: | By 9 May 1801 |
| Fate: | Broken up in April 1811 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Archer-class gunvessel |
| Tons burthen: | 179 29/94 bm |
| Length: |
80 ft 8 in (24.6 m) (overall) 65 ft 10.25 in (20.1 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 22 ft 7.5 in (6.9 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 9 ft (2.74320 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | brig |
| Complement: | 50 |
| Armament: |
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For other ships of the same name, see HMS Bold.
HMS Bold was a 14-gun Archer-class gunvessel of the Royal Navy built at Blackwall Yard.
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Service
In 1802, under Lieutenant William Chivers, Bold participated in the capture of the 17-gun privateer Contre-Amiral Mayon in the North Sea.
On 15 March 1805 she and the brig-sloop Cruizer captured the Rostock vessel Elanora Charlotta as a prize.
From 1807 to 1811 she was again under the command of Lieutenant Chivers. In 1810, boats from Bold, Manly, Desirée and Quebec, under the command of Lt. Samuel Radford of Desirée, destroyed a 6-gun privateer and took two other armed vessels in the Vlie.[1]
Fate
Bold ran aground near Yarmouth, Isle of Wight in a gale on 6 January 1811 but the crew was saved. She was broken up at Sheerness in April that year.
Notes
- ↑ The New Navy List. 1842. p. 145.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1794–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1861762461.
