HMS Hazard (1744)

History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Hazard
Ordered4 April 1744
BuilderJohn Buxton, Snr, Rotherhithe
Laid down26 April 1744
Launched11 December 1744
Completed2 March 1745 at Deptford Dockyard
CommissionedNovember 1744
FateSold in 1749
General characteristics
Class and typeMerlin-class sloop
Tons burthen272 8394 bm
Length
  • 92 ft 3.75 in (28.1 m) (gundeck)
  • 74 ft 11.125 in (22.8 m) (keel)
Beam26 ft 2 in (8.0 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 0 in (3.66 m)
Sail planSnow brig
Complement110
Armament10 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Hazard was a 14-gun Merlin-class sloop launched in 1744. She was captured in November 1745 by Jacobite forces in Montrose harbour and was sailed to Dunkirk and was renamed Le Prince Charles.

In March 1746, the ship was carrying £13,000 in gold, arms and other supplies to Inverness, when she was intercepted and was chased by HMS Sheerness, which recaptured Le Prince Charles in the Kyle of Tongue on 26 March.

Reverting to her previous name Hazard, she was sold in 1749.