HMS Cockburn (1822)

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Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Cockburn
Namesake Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet
Acquired1822 by purchase
FateWrecked 2 April 1823
General characteristics
Tons burthen160 [1] (bm)

HMS Cockburn was a schooner, the former American steam vessel Braganza, that the Royal Navy purchased at Rio de Janeiro in May 1822. She was wrecked 11 months later.

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HMS Leven towed Cockburn from Rio de Janeiro to Cape Town. On 22 June the tow resulted in Cockburn taking on water, a problem that did not abate until the tow broke. [2]

In August 1822 Cockburn was at Cape Town, undergoing fitting to serve as a tender to Leven, [3] the purpose for which she had been purchased. The preparations, including provisioning for eight months for both Cockburn and Barracouta. [4]

In December Cockburn, Lieutenant R. Owen, was in Delagoa Bay, expecting to return to the Cape in February. [5] [lower-alpha 1]

Loss: On 2 April 1823 HMS Cockburn, Lieutenant Owen, was attempting to enter Simon's Bay, Cape Colony, when Owen mistook the land. She anchored off Musenberg beach, but a strong wind drove her onshore at 4am on 3 April. All her crew were saved but it was doubted that she could be retrieved. [7] Her masts were cut away and her rudder was lost. [8] [9]

Notes

  1. ↑ Lieutenant Richard Owen was Richard Owen, who had been appointed to Leven on 14 November 1821. [6]

Citations

  1. ↑ Owen (1833), p. 35.
  2. ↑ Owen (1833), pp. 52–53.
  3. ↑ "CAPE OF GOOD HOPE". Morning Post (London, England), 15 November 1822, Issue 16121.
  4. ↑ Owen (1833), pp. 61.
  5. ↑ "THE KING'S COURT". (5 April 1823), Morning Post (London, England) Issue: 16242.
  6. ↑ Marshall (1835), p. 211.
  7. ↑ "Maritime Intelligence". Aberdeen Journal (Aberdeen, Scotland), 2 July 1823 Issue 3938.
  8. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 5812. 17 June 1823. hdl:2027/hvd.32044105226310.
  9. ↑ Hepper (1994), p. 157.

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