Name: | AUTUMN |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 1800 |
Completed: | 1800 |
Builder: | Ann Brodrick |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 335 tonsb, 78.5 x 28.3 x ?ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail; rigged as a Sloop |
Construction: | Wood |
Armament: | 12 x 1 x 24pdr, 2 x 1 x 18pdr carronades |
History: | |
1800 | Ann Brodrick, South Shields |
28/02/1801 | British Royal Navy |
15/02/1811 | Renamed STROMBOLO |
09/02/1815 | Mr Rattenbury, London; renamed AUTUMN |
29/10/1817 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 1811: Refitted as a bomb vessel |
Armament then 1 x 13ins and 1 x 10ins mortars; | |
8 x 1 x 24pdr carronades and 2 x 1 x 6pdr guns | |
09/02/1815: Sold for £1,680 and converted back into a merchantman | |
29/10/1817: Wrecked on the coast of Iceland. All 20 crew died | |
On a voyage from Quebec to Dundee |