HMS Fawn (1807)

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

Fawn
Fawn
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Fawn
Ordered19 October 1805
BuilderThomas Owen, Topsham, Devon
Laid downDecember 1805
Launched22 April 1807
CommissionedMay 1807
Honours and
awards
FateSold 20 August 1818
United Kingdom
NameFawn
Owner
  • 1820-1835: John Lydekker[4]
  • 1836-1844:Cruikshank[5]
AcquiredBy purchase
FateBroken up 1844[5]
General characteristics [6]
Class and typeCormorant-class ship-sloop
Tons burthen
  • 42344⁄94, or 430,[4] or 445[4] (bm)
  • 108 ft 7 in (33.10 m) (overall)
  • 90 ft 11+3⁄4 in (27.730 m) (keel)
Beam29 ft 7 in (9.02 m)
Depth of hold9 ft 0 in (2.74 m)
Sail planSloop
Complement121
Armament
  • Upper deck: 16 × 32-pounder carronades
  • QD: 6 × 18-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Fawn was a Cormorant-class ship-sloop of the British Royal Navy, launched in 1807. Before she was sold in 1818 she captured one privateer and destroyed another, and participated in three campaigns. In all, her crew qualified for three clasps to the Naval General Service medal (NGSM). After the Royal Navy sold her in 1818 she became a whaler. She then made seven whaling voyages to the Pacific, and especially to the waters off New Zealand, between 1820 and 1844. She was broken up on her return from her last voyage.

  1. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 242.
  2. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 246.
  3. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 243.
  4. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference bswf was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b Lloyd's Register (1844), Seq. No. F118.
  6. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 260.