HMS Alderney (1757)

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

Alderney was designed to the dimensions and shape of HMY Royal Caroline (depicted, by John Cleveley the Elder, 1750).
History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Alderney
NamesakeAlderney
Ordered14 November 1755
BuilderJohn Snooks, Saltash
Laid down12 January 1756
Launched5 February 1757
Completed27 April 1757 at Saltash
CommissionedNovember 1756
DecommissionedEarly 1783
In service
  • 1757–1764
  • 1767–1783
Out of service1764–1767
FateSold out of service at Deptford Dockyard, 1 May 1783
General characteristics
Class and type10-gun Alderney-class sloop
Tons burthen235 39⁄94, bm
Length
  • 88 ft 4 in (26.9 m) (gundeck)
  • 72 ft 3 in (22.0 m) (keel)
Beam24 ft 9 in (7.5 m)
Depth of hold10 ft 10+1⁄2 in (3.3 m)
Sail planship rig
Complement100
Armament
  • 1757–1780:10 × 4-pounder guns
  • 1780–1783:12 × 4-pounder guns
Great Britain
NameAlderney
Port of registryLondon
BuilderKings Yard (Deptford)
Acquired1784 by purchase
Refit1784
CapturedMarch 1797
General characteristics
Tons burthen260,[1] or 270[2] bm
Sail planShip rig
Complement30[2]
Armament10 × 4-pounder guns + 4 swivel guns[2]

HMS Alderney was a 10-gun (later, 12-gun) Alderney-class sloop of the Royal Navy that saw active service during the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War. Launched in 1757, she was principally deployed in the North Sea to protect British fishing fleets and merchant trade. In this capacity she captured two American privateers, Hawk in 1779 and the 12-gun Lady Washington in 1780. She was removed from Navy service at the conclusion of the American Revolutionary War, and sold into private hands at Deptford Dockyard on 1 May 1783. She became the whaler Alderney that operated between 1784 and 1797, when the Spaniards captured her off Chile.

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