HMS Scourge (1794)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Scourge and HMS Crash.

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Scourge
Acquired	By purchase (Admiralty Order 3 February 1794)
Fate	Broken up September 1803
General characteristics [1]
Type	Hoy
Tons burthen	67 (bm)
Length	66 ft 2 in (20.2 m) (overall) 58 ft 7+3⁄8 in (17.9 m) (keel)
Beam	14 ft 8 in (4.5 m)
Depth of hold	6 ft 7 in (2.0 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	sloop
Complement	30
Armament	1 × 24-pounder gun + 3 × 32-pounder carronades

HMS Scourge was a 4-gun gun-vessel, formerly a Dutch hoy, purchased in February 1794. She was fitted out at Deptford between April and 12 May, and commissioned under Lieutenant John Store. ^[1] His replacement, in August 1795, was Lieutenant John Wolfe, who was succeeded in the next month by Lieutenant Robert Watherston. A little over a year later, in October 1796, Lieutenant Francis M'Ghie took command. In March of the next year Lieutenant Charles Randle replaced him.

Fate

She was paid off in April 1802. ^[1] The "Scourge Gun-Vessel, 71 Tons, lying at Sheerness", was put up for sale in March 1803. ^{[2] [3]} She was renamed Crash on 10 August 1803, but then she was broken up at Sheerness in September. ^[1]

Citations

1. Winfield (2008), p. 325.
2. "No. 15565". The London Gazette . 8 March 1803. p. 255.
3. Naval Chronicle, Vol. 11, Appendix (p.496).

References

• Britain's Navy webpage
• 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.