HMS Morning Star (1763)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Morning Star, Morning Star (ship), and Fanny (ship).

History
Great Britain
Launched1761
FateSold 4 February 1763
Great Britain
NameHMS Morning Star
Acquired4 February 1763 by purchase
Out of serviceJuly 1771
FateSold 4 May 1773
Great Britain
NameMorning Star
OwnerJs.Bradley (1775)
Acquired1773 by purchase
RenamedFanny (circa 1775)
FateLast listed 1778
General characteristics [1]
Tons burthen6914⁄94, or 70, or 75 (bm)
Length
  • Overall:
  • Keel:38 ft 3+3⁄4 in (11.7 m)
Beam18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
Complement
  • Navy: 26
  • Slaver:21
Armament
  • Navy
    • Originally: 6 × 3-pounder guns + 8 × ½-pounder swivel guns
    • Later: 4 × 3-pounder guns + 8 × ½-pounder swivel guns
  • Slaver: 6 guns

HMS Morningstar was a one-and-a-half year old cutter that the British Royal Navy purchased in 1763. It sold her in 1773. She then became a slave ship, first under her original name and then as Fanny. She was last listed in 1778.

  1. ^ Winfield (2007), p. 323.