HMS Bouncer (1804)

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Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Bouncer
Ordered9 January 1804
BuilderWilliam Rowe, St Peter's Yard, Newcastle upon Tyne [1]
Laid downApril 1804
Launched11 August 1804
CommissionedNovember 1804
CapturedCaptured February 1805
Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France
NameBouncer
Acquired21 February 1805 by purchase of a prize
Renamed
  • Ecuriel (24 September 1814)
  • Bouncer (22 March 1815)
  • Ecuriel (15 July 1815)
FateCondemned 28 June 1827
General characteristics [2]
Tons burthen1771⁄94, or 177 [1] (bm)
Sail plan Brig
Complement50
Armament10 × 18-pounder carronades + 2 × 12-pounder chase guns [1]

HMS Bouncer was launched at Newcastle upon Tyne in 1804 for the British Royal Navy. The French captured her in February 1805. She went through several name changes before she was condemned in 1827.

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Royal Navy service

Lieutenant Samuel Bassan commissioned Bouncer in November 1804. [2]

In February 1805 Bouncer ran aground on a sandbank on the French coast between Boulogne and Dieppe. The pounding of the se caused her to leak uncontrollably. The French captured her and her crew. [3]

French Navy service

The French Navy purchased Bouncer on 21 February 1805, and commissioned her under her existing name. [4]

On 10 November 1811, and also on 29 September 1812, Bouncer was at Boulogne-ur-Mer and under the command of Lieutenant de vaisseau de La Rouvraye.

Fate

Ecuriel (ex-Bouncer) was condemned on 28 June 1827. [4]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Tyne Built Ships: Bouncer.
  2. 1 2 Winfield (2008), p. 440.
  3. ↑ Hepper (2023), p. 235.
  4. 1 2 Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 222.

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