Name: | HERMES |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 1797 |
Completed: | 1797 |
Builder: | Thomas Hearn |
Yard: | North Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 331tonsb, 100.0 (OA) x 28.4 x ?ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Ship |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
1797 | Unknown owner |
1798 | British Royal Navy |
06/1802 | Unknown owner |
by 1803 | Mr Henly, London |
05/04/1805 | Government of France |
No later history known | |
Comments: | 1798: Purchased by The Admiralty for £2,900 |
Armed with 16 x 1 x 32pdr carronades & 2 x 1 x 12pdr carronades | |
Used for convoy work in the North Sea | |
1803: For use on the London to Jamaica trade | |
05/04/1805: Captured by the French & taken into Guadeloupe | |
On a voyage from Jamaica to London |