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HMS Attack (1794)

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History
Great Britain
NameHMS Attack
Ordered6 March 1794
BuilderJohn Wilson & Co., Frindsbury
Laid downMarch 1794
Launched28 June 1794
CommissionedFebruary 1795
FateSold September 1802
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeConquest-class gunvessel
Tons burthen147 (bm)
Length
  • Overall: 75 ft 0+12 in (22.9 m)
  • Keel: 62 ft 2+12 in (19.0 m)
Beam21 ft 1+14 in (6.4 m)
Draught7 ft 0+14 in (2.1 m)
Complement50
Armament10 × 18-pounder carronades + 2 × 24–pounder bow + 2 × 4-pounder stern chase guns

HMS Attack was launched in 1794 as a Conquest-class gunvessel for the Royal Navy. She had an uneventful career and the Navy sold her in 1802.

Career

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Lieutenant Thomas Eyre Hinton commissioned Attack in February 1795. In 1795 she served in Sir Sidney Smith's inshore squadron.[1]

HMS Diamond, Syren, Sybille, Childers, and the gun-brigs Fearless and Attack shared in the proceeds of the capture on 6 July 1795 of the Latitia.[2]

Between July and October 1796 Attack was at Portsmouth being coppered and receiving sliding keels.[1]

Lieutenant Joseph James took command in 1798.[1] Attack spent 1799 escorting convoys in the Channel. In April she recaptured William, Rowell, master, which had been sailing from Newry to London when a French privateer had captured her.[3]

On 14 August 1800, Attack sent into Plymouth Christian, Odding, master, which had been sailing from Bordeaux to Hamburg.[4]

Fate

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Attack was paid off in 1801. She was sold at Sheerness in September 1802.[1]

Crew

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John Toup Nicolas began his naval career on Attack.

Citations

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  1. ^ a b c d e Winfield (2008), p. 330.
  2. ^ "No. 15933". The London Gazette. 1 July 1806. p. 838.
  3. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 3067. 30 April 1799. hdl:2027/hvd.32044105233092. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  4. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4078. 19 August 1800. hdl:2027/hvd.32044105233092. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

References

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  • 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.