HMS Hazard (1794)

Drawing of the Hazard, 1793
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Hazard
Ordered	18 February 1793
Builder	Josiah & Thomas Brindley, Frindsbury
Laid down	May 1793
Launched	3 March 1794
Completed	8 June 1794
Commissioned	April 1794
Stricken	sold 30 October 1817
Honours and awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasps: "Martinique"[1] "Anse la Barque 18 Decr. 1809"[2] "Guadaloupe"[2]
General characteristics [3]
Class and type	16-gun Cormorant-class sloop
Tons burthen	426 14⁄94 (bm)
Length	108 ft 7 in (33.1 m) (overall), 91 ft 5⁄8 in (27.8 m) (keel)
Beam	29 ft 9 in (9.1 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft (2.74 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Sloop
Complement	121
Armament	16 × 6-pounder guns 12 × 1⁄2-pounder swivels

HMS Hazard was a 16-gun Royal Navy Cormorant-class ship-sloop built by Josiah & Thomas Brindley at Frindsbury, Kent, and launched in 1794. She served in the French Revolutionary Wars and throughout the Napoleonic Wars. She captured numerous prizes, and participated in a notable ship action against the French frigate Topaze, as well as in several other actions and campaigns, three of which earned her crew clasps to the Naval General Service Medal. Hazard was sold in 1817.