| History | |
|---|---|
 Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Inspector |
| Ordered | 17 April 1780 |
| Laid down | June 1780 |
| Launched | 29 April 1782 |
| Fate | Sold February 1802 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Inspector |
| Builder | Moses Game, Wivenhoe[a] |
| Acquired | February 1802 by purchase |
| Fate | Condemned 1821 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 30646⁄94,[1] or 320,[2] or 328[3] (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 26 ft 10 in (8.2 m) |
| Depth of hold | 13 ft 3 in (4.0 m) |
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HMS Inspector was launched at Wivenhoe in 1782 as the only vessel built to her design. She participated in one campaign and also captured a handful of small merchant vessels before the Navy sold her in 1802. Most notably, her crew participated in the mutiny at the Nore. After her sale, she became the whaler Inspector. She made six complete voyages to the British southern whale fishery. A Chilean privateer captured her in May 1819. Eventually she was condemned as unseaworthy at Santander in 1821.
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- ^ Winfield (2008), p. 248.
- ^ House of Commons (1816).
- ^ "Letter of Marque, p.69 – Retrieved 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.