HMS Skipjack (1806)

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

History
France
Name	Trimeuse
Builder	American
Commissioned	Purchased April 1805 at Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
Captured	14 March 1806
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Skipjack
Acquired	14 March 1806
Fate	Breakwater at Demerara on 7 January 1809
General characteristics [1] [2]
Displacement	110 tons (French)
Tons burthen	6 (French; "of load")
Length	20.46 m (67.1 ft)
Beam	5.42 m (17.8 ft)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Schooner
Complement	35, but 53 (at capture)
Armament	At capture: 1 × 6-pounder gun + 2 × 9-pounder carronades British service: 12 guns

HMS Skipjack was the French naval schooner Trimeuse, commissioned at Guadeloupe in 1805. The Royal Navy captured her in 1806 and took her into service. She was paid off in 1808 and was used as a breakwater in 1809.

Tremeuse

On 12 March Wolverine, after a chase of 15 hours, captured the French Navy schooner Trimeuse (or Tremeuse, or Tremieuse), armed with two 9-pounder carronades and one long 6-pounder; she had a crew of 53 men and was from Guadeloupe. She had been out 12 days without capturing anything. ^[3] The Royal Navy took Trimeuse into service as Skipjack.

British service and fate

Lieutenant Samuel Malbon commissioned Skipjack on 14 March 1806. She was paid off on 17 January 1808. A year later, on 7 January 1809, she was a breakwater at Demerara. ^[2]

Citations

1. Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 259.
2. Winfield (2008), p. 365.
3. "No. 15914". The London Gazette . 29 April 1806. p. 539.

References

• 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.
• Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2015). French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786–1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN   978-1-84832-204-2.