HMS Terror (1741)

For other ships with the same name, see List of ships named HMS Terror and Duke of York (ship).

History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Terror
Ordered14 September 1741
BuilderGreville & Whestone, Limehouse
Laid down9 October 1741
FateSold in 1754
General characteristics [1]
Tons burthen27145⁄94, or 278 (bm)
Length
  • Overall:91 ft 9 in (28.0 m)
  • Keel:74 ft 11 in (22.8 m)
Beam26 ft 5 in (8.1 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 2 in (3.4 m)
PropulsionSail
Sail plan
Complement
  • Bomb:60
  • Sloop:100
Armament
  • Bomb:8 × 4-pounder guns + 12 × ½-pounder swivel guns + 1 × 13" & 1 × 10" mortar
  • Sloop:10 × 44-pounder guns + 14 × ½-pounder swivel guns
History
Great Britain
NameDuke of York
RenamedElizabeth and Margaret (1784)
FateLast listed 1794
General characteristics
Tons burthen200, or 250,[2] or 280,[3] or 288 (bm)
Armament
  • 1776: 18 guns
  • 1779: 8 × 4-pounder guns

HMS Terror was bomb vessel launched in 1741, converted to a sloop, and sold in 1754. She went into mercantile service, becoming the northern whale fishery whaler Duke of York. In 1784 her name changed to Elizabeth and Margaret, and she continued as a Greenland whaler, before becoming a whaler in the British southern whale fishery. She was last listed in 1794.

  1. ^ Winfield (2007), p. 341.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference LR1764 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference LR1776 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).