HMS Bonetta (1803)

For other ships with the same name, see Adamant (ship) and HMS Bonetta.

History
Great Britain
NameAdamant
BuilderBritlingsea,[1] or Colchester,[2] or Bridlington[3]
Launched1798
FateSold 1803
United Kingdom
NameHMS Bonetta
Acquired1803 by purchase
FateSold 1810
United Kingdom
NameAdamant
Acquired1814 by purchase
FateNo longer mentioned after 1818
General characteristics [3]
Tons burthen208,[4] or 209[2] (bm)
Length
  • Overall:86 ft 3 in (26.3 m)
  • Keel:66 ft 6 in (20.3 m)
Beam24 ft 3 in (7.4 m)
Depth of hold10 ft 10 in (3.3 m)
Sail planSloop
Complement
  • Letter of Marque[4]
    • 1798:20
    • 1803:20
  • Royal Navy:80
Armament
  • Letter of Marque[4]
    • 1798:10 × 12&9-pounder guns
    • 1803: 12 × 6&9-pounder guns
  • Royal Navy:14 × 24-pounder carronades

HMS Bonetta was launched in 1798 as the merchantman Adamant. The Royal Navy purchased her in 1803. She had a relatively unremarkable career escorting convoys in the North Sea and Channel before she was laid up in 1807 and sold in 1810. Her new owners in 1810 returned her name to Adamant. In 1816 she carried the first free settlers to Hobart in Van Diemen's Land. From there she sailed to engage in whaling. She was last reported at Timor in 1818.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference RS1816 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference LR1798 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Winfield (2008), p. 271.
  4. ^ a b c "Letter of Marque, p.47 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.