HMS Vulture (1803)

History
United Kingdom
NameWarrior
BuilderSimon Temple, South Shields[1]
Launched1801
FateSold 1803
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Vulture
Acquired1803 by purchase
FateSold 1814
United Kingdom
NameWarrior
Acquired1814 by purchase
FateLast listed 1820
General characteristics [2]
Tons burthen389,[3] or 391, or 392,[4] (bm)
Length
  • Overall:105 ft 0 in (32.0 m)
  • Keel:81 ft 11 in (25.0 m)
Beam29 ft 11+12 in (9.1 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 9+12 in (3.9 m)
Sail planSloop
Complement100
Armament
  • Upper deck:14 × 24-pounder + 2 × 12-pounder carronades
  • Fc:2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Vulture was launched in 1801 at South Shields as Warrior. The Royal Navy purchased her in 1803 as a sloop and renamed her. From 1808 through 1813 she was a floating battery at Jersey,. The Navy sold her in 1814 and she returned to mercantile service as Warrior. She was last listed in 1820, but does not seem to have sailed again after returning from east of the Cape in 1817.