HMS Ferret (1784)

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

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Ferret
NamesakeFerret
Ordered18 February 1782
BuilderAndrew Hills, Sandwich
Laid downFebruary 1783
Launched17 August 1784
FateSold 16 December 1801
United Kingdom
NameFerrett
OwnerDaniel Bennett
Acquiredc. end-1801
FateBroken up in 1817
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeModified Childers-class
TypeBrig-sloop
Tons burthen20121⁄94 or 208,[2] or 210[3](bm)
Length78 ft 11 in (24.1 m) (overall); 60 ft 8 in (18.5 m) (keel)
Beam25 ft 0 in (7.6 m)
Depth of hold10 ft 10+1⁄2 in (3.3 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planBrig
Complement
  • HMS:80 (later 90)
  • Whaler:25[2]
Armament
NotesTwo decks and three masts

HMS Ferret was a brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, launched in 1784 but not completed until 1787. In 1801 the Navy sold her. She then became a whaler, making six whaling voyages to the Pacific between 1802 and 1815. She was broken up in 1817.

  1. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 277.
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference LoM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Stanbury et al. (2015), App.7.