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Name | Blenheim |
Launched | 1804, Howden |
Fate | Sold June 1804 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Cormorant |
Namesake | Cormorant |
Fate | Sold December 1817 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Blenheim |
Acquired | 1817 by purchase |
Fate | Foundered late 1821 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Tons burthen | 327, or 327+76⁄94, or 328 bm |
Length |
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Beam | 27 ft 7 in (8.4 m) |
Depth of hold | 12 ft 0 in (3.7 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Complement |
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Armament |
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HMS Cormorant was probably launched in 1803 at Howden Pans as the merchant ship Blenheim. The Admiralty purchased her in June and the Royal Navy took her into service to use her as a convoy escort. Then in 1809 it converted her into a storeship. After the Admiralty sold her in 1817, she resumed the Blenheim name and returned to mercantile service as a West Indiaman. She disappeared after 10 November 1821 and was presumed to have foundered.