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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