HMS Squirrel (1707)

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

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Squirrel
Ordered26 March 1707
BuilderRoyal Dockyard, Woolwich
Launched29 December 1707
Commissioned1708
Out of serviceApril 1727
Fate
  • Rebuilt Woolwich 1727
  • finally sold at Woolwich 17 October 1749
General characteristics
Type24-gun Sixth Rate
Tons burthen262+59⁄94 bm
Length
  • 94 ft 0 in (28.7 m) gundeck
  • 79 ft 0 in (24.1 m) keel for tonnage
Beam25 ft 0 in (7.6 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold10 ft 8 in (3.3 m)
Armament
  • 20 × 6-pdrs on wooden trucks (UD)
  • 4 × 4-pdr on wooden trucks (QD)
General characteristics As Rebuilt 1727
Class and type20=gun, Sixth Rate
Tons burthen37622/94 bm
Length
  • 106 ft 2 in (32.36 m) gundeck
  • 87 ft 9 in (26.75 m) keel for tonnage
Beam28 ft 5 in (8.66 m) maximum
Depth of hold9 ft 2 in (2.79 m)
Sail planship-rigged
Armament20 × 6-pdrs on upper deck

HMS Squirrel was designed by Richard Stacey, Master Shipwright of Woolwich. Her design was based on the standardize 20-gun sixth rates. After commissioning she was assigned to Home Waters then the Mediterranean. She took a privateer in 1710.[1] She was dismantled at Deptford with her timbers sent to Woolwich Dockyard for rebuilding as a 374-ton (bm). She was finally broken in 1749.[2]

Squirrel was the fifth ship so named. The name had previously been used for a discovery vessel with Sir Humphrey Gilbert in 1682 and lost in 1583.[3]

  1. ^ Winfield 2009
  2. ^ Winfield 2007
  3. ^ Colledge