British Sixth Rate post ship 'Hyaena' (1804)

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Hyaena
Nominal Guns	28	BWAS-1793
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	British Merchant ship 'Hope' (1800) (Unknown) 1800-1804 British Unknown Gun Merchant Ship
Purchased	6.1804	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Bombay - Maharashtra
Category	Sixth Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Post Ship	BWAS-1793
Sold	18.4.1822	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck122' 4"Imperial Feet37.1902
Length of Keel102' 1 ⅛"Imperial Feet31.0928
Breadth30' 11"Imperial Feet9.1694
Burthen519 ⁶⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

9.1804Broadside Weight = 207 Imperial Pound ( 93.8745 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck20 British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck12 British 18-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

6.1809Broadside Weight = 117 Imperial Pound ( 53.0595 kg)BWAS-1793
Spardeck12 British 18-Pound Carronade
Spardeck2 British 9-Pounder

5 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
9.1804 - 6.1805CaptainBWAS-17936.1805 - 11.1805CommanderBWAS-17939.1810 - 1817Master†BWAS-179328.8.1817 - 10.10.1818Masterref:187110.1817 - 12.1819LieutenantBWAS-1793

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
27.9.1804 - 23.1.1805LieutenantNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
7.1804Began fitting at Thames - England - Thames, Medway and The Nore BWAS-1793
6.9.1804Completed fitting at Thames - England - Thames, Medway and The Nore BWAS-1793
6.9.1804Began fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1793
28.10.1804Completed fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1793
4.1805Laid up in Ordinary at PortsmouthBWAS-1793
3.1809Began fitted as a storeship at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
4.1809RecommissionedBWAS-1793
4.1809Refitted as a 14 gun Unrated Storeship
6.1809Completed fitted as a storeship at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
12.1819Laid up at DeptfordBWAS-1793
18.4.1822Sold to Job Cockshott for £1,530BWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

ref:1871 Archive

Previous comments on this page

Posted by AvM on Friday 3rd of December 2021 22:23

She was built at Calcutta not Bombay
Registered London 3 May 1802 562 16/94

Posted by AvM on Friday 21st of July 2017 16:02

Register of Shipping 1804
Hope Ship 555t 3 years old draught 20ft
master W.Dunbar
owners India
voyage Lo. India
class AI 1

Posted by AvM on Friday 21st of July 2017 14:20

Papers Respecting The Navy, Presented In Pursuance Of Addresses of the
House of Lords to His Majesty.
Navy Office, 18th March 1805

HMS Hyaena was purchased form Perry, Wells & Co.
'Hope' was 4 years old and has 513bm
was purchased for £7,800
moreover £5,728 were spent to fitting the ship at King'S Yard.

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