HMS Thrasher (1804)

For other ships with the same name, see Adamant (ship) and HMS Thrasher.

History
United Kingdom
NameAdamant
BuilderWarren, Brightlingsea, or Colchester
Launched1804
FateSold 1804
United Kingdom
NameHMS Thrasher
AcquiredJune 1804 by purchase
FateSold 3 November 1814
United Kingdom
NameAdamant
Acquired1814 by purchase
FateWrecked 3 December 1815
General characteristics [1]
Tons burthen150, or 153,[2] or 184 (bm)
Complement45 (RN)
Armament

HMS Thrasher was launched in 1804 at Brightlingsea, or Colchester as the merchant vessel Adamant. The British Royal Navy purchased her in June 1804, renamed her, and fitted her out as a gunbrig. She captured numerous small merchant vessels, most of them Dutch or Danish. After the Navy sold her in 1814, she returned to mercantile service under her original name of Adamant. She made a voyage to Malta in 1815 and was wrecked as she was returning to London.

  1. ^ a b Winfield (2008), p. 349.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference LR1815 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).