HMS Squirrel (1704)

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

History
England
NameHMS Squirrel
Ordered1703
BuilderRoyal Dockyard, Portsmouth
Launched28 October 1704
Commissioned1703
Captured7 July 1706
FateTaken by French privateers off the Goodwins, recaptured 5 March 1708 and foundered
General characteristics
Type20-gun Sixth Rate
Tons burthen258+85⁄94 bm
Length
  • 93 ft 6 in (28.5 m) gundeck
  • 80 ft 0 in (24.4 m) keel for tonnage
Beam24 ft 8 in (7.5 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold10 ft 8 in (3.3 m)
Armament
  • 20 × 6-pdrs on wooden trucks (UD)
  • 4 × 3-pdr on wooden trucks (QD)

HMS Squirrel was a development of the standardize 20-gun sixth rates and were built at the beginning of the 18th Century. After commissioning she was assigned to the Channel and the Bay of Biscay. She was captured by French privateers off the Goodwins in 1706. She was recaptured during the French attempt to invade Scotland on 15 March 1708 and foundered.[1]

Squirrel was the fourth named ship since it was used for a discovery vessel with Sir Humphrey Gilbert in 1682 and lost in 1583.[2]

  1. ^ Winfield
  2. ^ Colledge