HMS Martin (1805)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Martin.

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Martin
Ordered	27 November 1802
Builder	Benjamin Tanner, Dartmouth
Laid down	September 1803
Launched	1 January 1805
Fate	Lost, presumed foundered, August 1806
General characteristics [1]
Class & type	Merlin-class sloop
Tons burthen	36780⁄94 (bm)
Length	Overall:106 ft 0 in (32.3 m) Keel:87 ft 8+1⁄4 in (26.7 m)
Beam	28 ft 1 in (8.6 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 9 in (4.2 m)
Complement	121
Armament	Upper deck:16 × 32-pounder carronades QD:6 × 12-pounder carronades Fc:2 × 12-pounder guns

HMS Martin was launched in 1805 at Dartmouth. Commander Roger Savage commissioned her in February and sailed for the Mediterranean on 18 April. ^[1]

Between 6 July and 18 August Martin detained and sent into Gibraltar two American vessels: Argus, Chamberlain, from Cadiz to Virginia, and Diana, Simmons, from Malaga to Boston. ^[2]

Commander Robert Prowse assumed command in January 1806. On 29 March Martin arrived at Plymouth from Malta. She sailed from Falmouth for Lisbon on 3 May and then on to Newfoundland. ^[1] On 6 May Martin captured the Prussian ship Mercurius. ^[3]

On 7 July Martin arrived at Plymouth from the St Lawrence River. Martin sailed for Barbados in August 1806 and disappeared. It was presumed that she had foundered with all hands. ^[4]

Citations

1. Winfield (2008), p. 259.
2. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4251. 6 September 1805. hdl:2027/mdp.39015005721496 . Retrieved 8 December 2021.
3. "No. 16308". The London Gazette . 21 October 1809. p. 1674.
4. Hepper (1994), p. 114.

References

• Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN   0-948864-30-3. OCLC   622348295.
• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN   978-1-86176-246-7.