| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Richmond |
| Ordered | 23 August 1805 |
| Builder | (Charles) Greenwood & (Thomas) Kidwell, Itchenor |
| Laid down | November 1805 |
| Launched | February 1806 |
| Fate | Sold 1814 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Confounder-class gunbrig |
| Tons burthen | 183, or 18334⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
|
| Beam | 22 ft 2+1⁄2 in (6.8 m) |
| Depth of hold | 11 ft 0 in (3.4 m) |
| Sail plan | Brig |
| Complement | 50 |
| Armament | 10 × 18-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder chase guns |
| History | |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Ben Jonson |
| Namesake | Ben Jonson |
| Builder | Thomas Kidwell, Itchenor, Chichester, Sussex[2] |
| Launched | 18 February 1806[2] |
| Acquired | 1815 |
| Fate | Possibly condemned 1826 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 197, or 198,[3] or 20533⁄94[2] (bm) |
| Length | 89 ft 3 in (27.2 m) |
| Beam | 22 ft 0 in (6.7 m) |
HMS Richmond was a Confounder-class gunbrig, launched at Itchenor in February 1806. She captured several small privateers and merchantmen off the Iberian peninsula before the Royal Navy sold her in 1814. (One of these actions resulted in her boats qualifying for a clasp to the Naval General Service Medal.) After the Navy sold her, she became the mercantile Ben Jonson.
Ben Jonson, launched at Itchenor in February 1806, first appeared in online resources in 1815, as a West Indiaman. She then traded with Odessa, and the Cape of Good Hope (the Cape). She started trading with Mauritius, and was last reported having come into Mauritius in 1826 very leaky.
- ^ Winfield (2008), p. 345.
- ^ a b c Hackman (2001), p. 253.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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