HMS Hornet (1794 sloop-of-war)

Hornet
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Hornet
Ordered	18 February 1793
Builder	Marmaduke Stalkart, Rotherhithe
Laid down	April 1793
Launched	3 February 1794
Completed	14 May 1794 at Deptford Dockyard
Commissioned	January 1794
Out of service	Sold 30 October 1817
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	16-gun Cormorant-class sloop
Tons burthen	42855⁄94 (bm)
Length	109 ft 2 in (33.3 m) (overall) 91 ft 6+7⁄8 in (27.9 m) (keel)
Beam	29 ft 8 in (9.0 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft (2.74 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Sloop
Complement	121
Armament	16 × 6-pounder guns + 12 × 1⁄2-pounder swivel guns

HMS Hornet was a 16-gun ship-rigged sloop of the Cormorant class in the Royal Navy, ordered 18 February 1793, built by Marmaduke Stalkart and launched 3 February 1794 at Rotherhithe.^[a] Hornet saw most of her active duty during the French Revolutionary Wars. During the Napoleonic Wars she served for about six years as a hospital ship before being laid up in 1811 and sold in 1817.

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