Protector (1779 frigate)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Protector and HMS Hussar.

History
Naval Ensign of MassachusettsMassachusetts
NameProtector
Launched1779, Newburyport, Massachusetts
Captured5 May 1781
Great Britain
NameHMS Hussar
NamesakeHussar
Acquired1781 by capture
FateSold 1783
Denmark
NameHussaren
OwnerFrédéric de Coninck[1][a]
Acquired1783 by purchase[3]
FateSold c. 1787
Great Britain
NameHussar
Acquired1787 by purchase
FateNo longer listed by 1790
NotesLloyd's Register describes Hussar as a three-decker.
General characteristics
Tons burthen
  • HMS Hussar:586[4] (bm)
  • Hussar: 600 (bm)[3]
  • Hussaren: 200kmcl[b]
Sail planShip
Complement
  • Protector: 200
  • Hussaren:58[6]
Armament
  • Protector:20–28 guns
  • HMS Hussar:
    • Upper deck:16 × 9-pounder guns
    • QD:4 × 6-pounder guns

Protector was a frigate of the Massachusetts Navy, launched in 1779. She fought a notable single-ship action against a British privateer General Duff before the British Royal Navy captured her in 1781. The Royal Navy took her into service as the sixth-rate post ship HMS Hussar. Hussar too engaged in a notable action against the French 32-gun frigate Sybille. The Royal Navy sold Hussar in 1783 and a Dutch ship-owner operating from Copenhagen purchased her. She made one voyage to the East Indies for him before he sold her to British owners circa 1786. She leaves Lloyd's Register by 1790.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Dane2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Lloyd's Register (1784), Seq. №H343.
  3. ^ a b Lloyd's Register (1783), Seq. №H494.
  4. ^ Winfield (2007), p. 272.
  5. ^ SKIBSMÅLINGEN I DANMARK 1632–1867.
  6. ^ Danske Center for Byhistorie: Hussaren.


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