HMS Hazard (1749)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Hazard.

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Hazard
Ordered12 July 1749
BuilderPeirson Lock (d.1755), Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down25 July 1749
Launched3 October 1749
FateSold 11 February 1783
General characteristics [1]
Tons burthen1407⁄94, or (bm)
Length
  • Overall:76 ft 3 in (23.2 m)
  • Keel:62 ft 8 in (19.1 m)
Beam20 ft 6 in (6.2 m)
Depth of hold9 ft 4 in (2.8 m)
Sail planBrig
Complement50
Armament8 × 3-pounder guns + 8 × ½-pounder swivel guns
Great Britain
NameJoseph
Owner
  • 1783:J.Dowson
  • 1793:Guillaume
Acquired1783 by purchase
FateLast listed 1805
General characteristics
Tons burthen130,[2] or 150[3] (bm)
Sail planBrig

HMS Hazard was launched in 1749 For the Royal Navy as brig-rigged sloop. She had a 30-plus year career with the navy, during which she captured several small French privateers. At the end of the American War of Independence, the navy sold her and she became the merchantman Joseph. After almost a decade as a merchantman trading with Spain, a new owner made a whaler of her. She made seven whaling voyages and was no longer listed after 1804, two years after her return from her last whaling voyage.

  1. ^ Winfield (2007), pp. 307–308.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference LR1794 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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