HMS Scourge (1803)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Scourge and Herald (ship).

History
Great Britain
NameHerald
OwnerRobert Waite, and J. Barry
BuilderJ. Barry, Whitby[1]
Launched1799, or 1800[2]
FateSold to the Admiralty 1803
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Scourge
AcquiredJune 1803 by purchase
FateSold 1816
United Kingdom
NameHerald
OwnerWard & Co.
Acquired1816 by purchase
FateLost 1835
General characteristics [3]
TypeSloop
Tons burthen
  • Originally:338,[4] or 339, or 340[2] (bm)
  • After lengthening in 1823: 357 (bm)[5]
Length
  • 107 ft 0 in (32.6 m) (overall)
  • 84 ft 3 in (25.7 m) (keel)
Beam27 ft 6 in (8.4 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
Sail planSloop
Complement100
Armament

HMS Scourge was the former merchant sloop Herald, launched in 1799, that the Admiralty purchased in 1803 for service as a convoy escort. The Admiralty had her laid up in 1805, and sold in 1816. Subsequent owners returned her to mercantile service and she sailed until 1835 when she was lost.

  1. ^ Weatherill (1908), p.100.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference LR1818 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Winfield (2008), p.270.
  4. ^ a b Register of Shipping (1800), Seq. №H214.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference LR1830 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).