HMS Martin (1790)

Martin
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Martin
Ordered17 January 1788
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard
Laid down15 July 1789
Launched8 October 1790
Commissioned13 January 1791
Honours and
awards
Naval General Service Medal clasp "Camperdown"[1]
FateLost, presumed foundered October 1800
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeHound-class sloop
Tons burthen329494 bm
Length
  • 100 ft 8+12 in (30.7 m) (overall)
  • 83 ft 6+34 in (25.5 m) (keel)
Beam27 ft 2+12 in (8.3 m)
Draught
  • 8 ft 01 in (2.5 m) (laden)
  • 11 ft 6 in (3.5 m) (unladen)
Depth of hold12 ft 10+12 in (3.9 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement125 (from 1794, 121)
Armament
  • Upper deck:16 × 6-pounder guns and 14 × 12-pounder swivel guns
  • Later:
  • Upper deck:16 × 6-pounder guns
  • QD:4 × 12-pounder carronades
  • Fc:2 × 12-pounder carronades

HMS Martin was a 16-gun sloop of the Royal Navy. She served at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797 and captured two privateers before she disappeared in 1800.

  1. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 238.
  2. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 250.