History | |
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Name | GB No. 26 |
Ordered | 7 February 1797 |
Builder | Thomas Pitcher, Northfleet |
Laid down | February 1797 |
Launched | 10 April 1797 |
Renamed | HMS Growler |
Captured | 21 December 1797 |
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Name | Growler |
Acquired | November 1798 by purchase of a prize |
Fate | Seized 1 August 1809 |
General characteristics [1] [2] | |
Class and type | Courser-class gun-brig |
Tons burthen | 16852⁄94 ( bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 22 ft 6+1⁄2 in (6.871 m) |
Depth of hold | 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) |
Sail plan | Brig |
Complement |
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Armament |
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HMS Growler was a Courser-class gun-brig built for the British Royal Navy at Northfleet and launched in 1797 as GB No. 26; she was renamed Growler on 7 August the same year.
Lieutenant William Wall commissioned Growler in May. In August Lieutenant John Hollingsworth replaced Wall.
Capture: The French privateers Espiègle and Rusé captured Growler off Dungeness on 21 December 1797. Growler was escorting a convoy in the Channel on a moonless night when the two privateers approached. They mistook her for a merchantman, ran close on either side and called on her to surrender. The officer of the watch, taken by surprise, fired a gun. Both privateers immediately came alongside and threw grapnels on to her. The British managed to cut the grapnels on one side the privateer on that side fell away, and fired a broadside before again coming alongside. The privateers sent boarding parties over the side. Lieutenant Hollingsworth was shot and died in the ensuing struggle. The British were then forced to strike. [3] [Note 1] [Note 2]
In 1799 a court martial honourably acquitted Growler's master of her loss. [6]
French Navy: The French Navy purchased Growler in November 1798 and retained her name.
Recapture: The British found Growler in a very decayed state on 1 August 1809 at Veere on the island of Walcheren at the beginning of the Walcheren Campaign. [2]
History | |
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Name | GB No. 26 |
Ordered | 7 February 1797 |
Builder | Thomas Pitcher, Northfleet |
Laid down | February 1797 |
Launched | 10 April 1797 |
Renamed | HMS Growler |
Captured | 21 December 1797 |
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Name | Growler |
Acquired | November 1798 by purchase of a prize |
Fate | Seized 1 August 1809 |
General characteristics [1] [2] | |
Class and type | Courser-class gun-brig |
Tons burthen | 16852⁄94 ( bm) |
Length |
|
Beam | 22 ft 6+1⁄2 in (6.871 m) |
Depth of hold | 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) |
Sail plan | Brig |
Complement |
|
Armament |
|
HMS Growler was a Courser-class gun-brig built for the British Royal Navy at Northfleet and launched in 1797 as GB No. 26; she was renamed Growler on 7 August the same year.
Lieutenant William Wall commissioned Growler in May. In August Lieutenant John Hollingsworth replaced Wall.
Capture: The French privateers Espiègle and Rusé captured Growler off Dungeness on 21 December 1797. Growler was escorting a convoy in the Channel on a moonless night when the two privateers approached. They mistook her for a merchantman, ran close on either side and called on her to surrender. The officer of the watch, taken by surprise, fired a gun. Both privateers immediately came alongside and threw grapnels on to her. The British managed to cut the grapnels on one side the privateer on that side fell away, and fired a broadside before again coming alongside. The privateers sent boarding parties over the side. Lieutenant Hollingsworth was shot and died in the ensuing struggle. The British were then forced to strike. [3] [Note 1] [Note 2]
In 1799 a court martial honourably acquitted Growler's master of her loss. [6]
French Navy: The French Navy purchased Growler in November 1798 and retained her name.
Recapture: The British found Growler in a very decayed state on 1 August 1809 at Veere on the island of Walcheren at the beginning of the Walcheren Campaign. [2]