HMS Manly (1797)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Manly and Experiment (ship).

History
Great Britain
NameExperiment
OwnerJ. Scougal[1]
BuilderLeith[1]
Launched1792[1]
FateSold 1797
Great Britain
NameGB No. 37
AcquiredApril 1797 by purchase
RenamedHMS Manly
FateSold 1802
United Kingdom
NameExperiment
OwnerDice
Acquired1802 by purchase
FateLast listed 1816
General characteristics [2]
Tons burthen157, or 166[1] (bm)
Length
  • Overall:78 ft 0 in (23.8 m)
  • Keel:65 ft 3 in (19.9 m)
Beam21 ft 3 in (6.5 m)
Depth of hold8 ft 11+1⁄2 in (2.7 m)
PropulsionSail
Complement50
Armament
  • Merchant:2 × 4-pounder guns[3]
  • Royal Navy:2 × 18-pounder guns + 10 × 18-pounder carronades
  • Merchant:4 × 4-pounder guns

HMS Manly (or Manley), was originally the merchant ship Experiment, launched in 1792 at Leith. The British Royal Navy purchased her in 1797, used her as a gun-brig escorting convoys, and then sold her in 1802. New owners sailed her between London and Montserrat; she was last listed in 1816.

  1. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference LR1792 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 333.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference LR1797 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).