HMS Lion (1709 hoy)

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Admiralty plan of the hoy Lyon, 1709,
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Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svgGreat Britain
NameHMS Lion (or Lyon)
BuilderDeptford Dockyard (M/Shipwright Joseph Allin)
LaunchedApril 1709
FateWrecked 1752
General characteristics [1]
Type Hoy
Tons burthen107 9294 (bm)
Length
  • Overall: 63 ft 11 in (19.48 m)
  • Keel: 50 ft 9 in (15.5 m)
Beam20 ft 0 in (6.10 m)
Depth of hold9 ft 0 in (2.74 m)
Propulsion Sails
Sail plansloop
Armament4 x 4-pounder guns + 4 x swivel guns

HMS Lion (or Lyon) was a stores hoy launched in 1709. She was wrecked at Port Isaac on 26 August 1752. [1]

Lion was under the command of Samuel Wakerel, master. All of her crew was saved, as was some of her cargo of lumber. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Winfield (2007), p. 367.
  2. Hepper (1994), p. 39.

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