History | |
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France | |
Name | Griffon |
Namesake | Griffon |
Ordered | 30 April 1804 |
Builder | Rochefort (Constructeurs: Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne-Sérigny, then Pierre Rolland)[1] |
Laid down | 5 April 1805 |
Launched | 2 June 1806 |
Completed | August 1806 |
Captured | June 1808 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Griffon |
Acquired | June 1808 by capture |
Honours and awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Griffon 27 March 1812"[2] |
Fate | Sold 1819 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Griffon, or Griffin |
Owner | Hills & Co. |
Acquired | 1819 by purchase |
Fate | Returned from whaling in 1850; no further mention |
General characteristics [3] | |
Class and type | Palinure-class brig |
Tons burthen | 345,[4] or 349, or 368,[a] (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 29 ft 4 in (8.9 m) |
Depth of hold | 8 ft 2 in (2.5 m) |
Sail plan | Brig |
Complement |
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Armament |
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The French brig Griffon, was a Pallinure-class brig launched in 1806. After HMS Bacchante captured Griffon in 1808, the Royal Navy took her into service. Griffon participated in one action that resulted in her crew being awarded the Naval General Service Medal. Two of her officers were subject to notable courts martial, one for murder and one for smuggling, with the murderer being hanged and the smuggler dismissed the Navy. The Navy sold Griffon in 1819 to Hills & Co., who proceeded to use her as a London-based whaler. She sailed to the South Seas fishery under some under different masters. Hill & Co. then sold her to Wilson & Co. who employed her on one last whaling voyage that ended in 1850.
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