HMS Curlew was an 18-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, commissioned in June 1795 under Commander Francis Ventris Field for Admiral Duncan's fleet.
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| History | |
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 Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Curlew |
| Ordered | 4 & 18 March 1795 |
| Builder | John Randall & Co., Rotherhithe |
| Laid down | May 1795 |
| Launched | 16 July 1795 |
| Commissioned | 22 July - 29 August 1795 |
| Fate | Lost 1796 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Diligence-class brig-sloop |
| Type | 18-gun brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen | 316 41⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 28 ft 1+1⁄2 in (8.6 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 0 in (3.7 m) |
| Sail plan | brig |
| Complement | 121 |
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On 31 October 1796 she disappeared during a storm in the North Sea, and was presumed to have foundered with all hands.[1][2][3]
Citations
edit- ^ a b Winfield (2008), p. 280.
- ^ Grocott (1997), p. 39.
- ^ Hepper (1994), p. 82.
References
edit- Grocott, Terence (1997). Shipwrecks of the Revolutionary & Napoleonic Eras. London: Chatham. ISBN 1861760302.
- Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3.
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.