HMS Chub (1807)
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Chub |
| Ordered: | 11 December 1805 |
| Builder: | Goodrich & Co. (prime contractor), Bermuda |
| Laid down: | 1806 |
| Launched: | May 1807 |
| Honours and awards: | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "MARTINIQUE" |
| Fate: | Wrecked 14 August 1812 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Ballahoo-class schooner |
| Tonnage: | 70 41/94 bm |
| Length: |
55 ft 2 in (16.81 m) (overall) 40 ft 10.5 in (12.5 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 18 ft 0 in (5.49 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Schooner |
| Complement: | 20 |
| Armament: | 4 x 12-pounder carronades |
HMS Chub (1807) (or Chubb) was a Royal Navy Ballahoo-class schooner of 4 12-pounder carronades and a crew of 20. The prime contractor for the vessel was Goodrich & Co., in Bermuda, and she was launched in 1807.[1]
Service
Chub was commissioned in March 1807 under Lieut. Wentworth Croke. In February 1809 Chubb participated in the reduction of Martinique. In 1847 her still surviving crew members could apply for the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "MARTINIQUE".
Lieut. William Innes replaced Croke in June 1809, and was in turn replaced by Lieut. Samuel Nisbett in 1812.[1]
Chub captured several vessels in 1812 while on the Halifax station. On 18 July she captured the privateer Eliza and on 6 August the merchantman Grace.[2]
Fate
Chub was driven ashore and lost with all hands on 14 August on the "Sisters" (Black Rocks) within two miles of the Sambro Island Light near Halifax, Nova Scotia.[3][1] All on board perished.[4] She was stationed with the blockade of the American fleet at the time of sinking.
References
- Gossett, William Patrick (1986) The lost ships of the Royal Navy, 1793-1900. (London:Mansell).ISBN 0-7201-1816-6
- Grocott, Terence (1997) Shipwrecks of the revolutionary & Napoleonic eras (Chatham). ISBN 1-86176-030-2
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1861762461.
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