HMS Cormorant (1794)
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Cormorant |
| Ordered: | 18 February 1793 |
| Builder: | Randall and Brent, Rotherhithe |
| Laid down: | April 1793 |
| Launched: | 2 January 1794 |
| Completed: | 10 March 1794 at Deptford Dockyard |
| Commissioned: | January 1794 |
| Out of service: | Lost 24 December 1796 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | 16-gun Cormorant-class sloop |
| Tons burthen: | 426 71/94 bm |
| Length: |
108 ft 6 in (33.1 m) (overall) 91 ft 6.375 in (27.9 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 29 ft 8.5 in (9.1 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 9 ft (2.74 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Sloop |
| Complement: | 121 |
| Armament: |
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HMS Cormorant was an 16-gun ship-sloop of the Cormorant class in the Royal Navy, launched in 1794 at Rotherhithe.
Career
The Cormorant was the name-ship of the initial batch of six ship-rigged sloops of the Cormorant Class ordered in February 1793 to a joint design by Sir John Henslow and William Rule, shortly after the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars. After launch, she was taken down the Thames to Deptford Naval Dockyard, where she was masted and completed on 10 March 1794.
She entered service under Commander Joshua Morlock. Command passed in July 1794 to Commander Joseph Bingham, under whose command she sailed for Jamaica in February 1795. In March 1796 Commander Peter Francis Collingwood became her captain, but later that year command passed to Commander Thomas Gott.
On Christmas Eve 1796, the Cormorant caught fire by accident at Port-au-Prince and blew up; 95 of her crew were killed (including Gott).
References
- Winfield, Rif, British Warships in the Age of Sail: 1793-1817 (Seaforth Publishing, 2007) ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.
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