HMS Cormorant (1794)

Drawing showing the framing profile for building the Cormorant
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Cormorant
Ordered	18 February 1793
Builder	Randall and Brent, Rotherhithe
Laid down	April 1793
Launched	2 January 1794
Completed	10 March 1794 at Deptford Dockyard
Commissioned	January 1794
Out of service	Lost 24 December 1796
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	16-gun Cormorant-class ship sloop
Tons burthen	426 71⁄94 (bm)
Length	108 ft 6 in (33.1 m) (gundeck) 91 ft 6+3⁄8 in (27.9 m) (keel)
Beam	29 ft 8+1⁄2 in (9.1 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Sloop
Complement	121
Armament	16 × 6-pounder guns 12 × ½-pounder swivel guns

HMS Cormorant was a 16-gun ship sloop of the Cormorant class in the Royal Navy, launched in 1794 at Rotherhithe. She captured four French privateers before an accidental fire destroyed her in 1796.