HMS Autumn (1801)

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

History
Great Britain
NameAutumn
BuilderAnn Brodick, Shields[1]
Launched1800
FateSold 1801
United Kingdom
NameHMS Autumn
Acquired28 February 1801 by purchase
RenamedHMS Strombolo in 1811
FateSold 1815
United Kingdom
NameAutumn
Acquired1815 by purchase
FateWrecked 1817
General characteristics [2]
Tons burthen329,[3] or 335,[4] or 33519⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • Overall:98 ft 11 in (30.1 m)
  • Keel:78 ft 6 in (23.9 m)
Beam28 ft 4 in (8.6 m)
PropulsionSail
Sail plansloop
Complement
  • Royal Navy:**Sloop:70
  • At loss:20
Armament
  • Sloop
    • Upper deck:12 × 24-pounder carronades
    • QD:2 × 18-pounder carronades
  • Bomb:1 × 13" mortar + 1 × 10" mortar + 8 × 24-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder guns[5]

HMS Autumn was launched at Shields in 1800 as a merchantman. The Royal Navy purchased her in 1801. The Navy sold her in 1815 and she returned to mercantile service. She was lost in 1818.

  1. ^ Tyne Built Ships – accessed 22 February 2019.
  2. ^ Winfield (2008), pp. 269–270.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference LR1818 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference RS1801 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b Winfield (2008), p. 375.