HMS Nimble (1811)

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Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Nimble
Ordered21 January 1811
BuilderThomas Gely, Cowes
Laid downJune 1811
Launched17 December 1811
FateWrecked 6 October 1812
General characteristics [1]
Class and type Nimble-class cutter
Tons burthen1446⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • Overall:63 ft 3+1⁄2 in (19.3 m)
  • Keel:49 ft 2+5⁄8 in (15.0 m)
Beam23 ft 5+1⁄2 in (7.2 m)
Depth of hold10 ft 4 in (3.1 m)
Complement50
Armament10 × 12-pounder carronades

HMS Nimble was the name vessel of a two-vessel class of cutters built at Cowes in 1811 for the Royal Navy. Lieutenant John Reynolds commissioned her in 1812.

On 6 March 1812 she captured Danish sloop No.5. [2]

On 25 May the Danish brig Anna Maria came into Hull. She and her cargo of hemp were a prize to Nimble. [3] Nimble captured her on 12 April. [4]

On 11 July she captured the Danish vessel Enigheden. [5]

On 18 July Henry Weir of HMS Calypso reported that he had encountered the cutter Nimble, which had gone into Norwegian waters to reconnoiter after the Battle of Lyngør. Nimble had reported seeing four brigs at Christiansand: Allart, Seagull, Langeland, and Alsen. [6]

Loss:Nimble was wrecked on a sunken rock a half-dozen miles from the Sälö Beacon, Sweden, during a violent storm in the Kattegat on 6 October 1812. [7] At first light Swedish fishing boats came and rescued all the crew. Apparently, insufficient allowance had been made for the strong currents. The court martial reprimanded Lieutenant Reynolds for not having come on deck at 1:30 when warned of the nearness of land. The pilot also had failed to heed the warning and come on deck; he was reprimanded and ordered to forfeit three months pay. [8]

Citations

  1. ↑ Winfield (2008), p. 363.
  2. ↑ "No. 16750". The London Gazette . 6 July 1813. p. 1341.
  3. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4699. 29 May 1812. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735025 . Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "No. 16692". The London Gazette . 12 January 1813. p. 112.
  5. ↑ "No. 16767". The London Gazette . 24 August 1813. p. 1691.
  6. ↑ "No. 16623". The London Gazette . 14 July 1812. pp. 1363–1364.
  7. ↑ Gosset (1986), p. 85.
  8. ↑ Hepper (1994), p. 142.

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