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HMS Martin (1805)

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History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Martin
Ordered27 November 1802
BuilderBenjamin Tanner, Dartmouth
Laid downSeptember 1803
Launched1 January 1805
FateLost, presumed foundered, August 1806
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeMerlin-class sloop
Tons burthen3678094 (bm)
Length
  • Overall:106 ft 0 in (32.3 m)
  • Keel:87 ft 8+14 in (26.7 m)
Beam28 ft 1 in (8.6 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 9 in (4.2 m)
Complement121
Armament
  • Upper deck:16 × 32-pounder carronades
  • QD:6 × 12-pounder carronades
  • Fc:2 × 12-pounder guns

HMS Martin was launched in 1805 at Dartmouth. Commander Roger Savage commissioned her in February and sailed for the Mediterranean on 18 April.[1]

Between 6 July and 18 August Martin detained and sent into Gibraltar two American vessels: Argus, Chamberlain, from Cadiz to Virginia, and Diana, Simmons, from Malaga to Boston.[2]

Commander Robert Prowse assumed command in January 1806. On 29 March Martin arrived at Plymouth from Malta. She sailed from Falmouth for Lisbon on 3 May and then on to Newfoundland.[1] On 6 May Martin captured the Prussian ship Mercurius.[3]

On 7 July Martin arrived at Plymouth from the St Lawrence River. Martin sailed for Barbados in August 1806 and disappeared. It was presumed that she had foundered with all hands.[4]

Citations

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  1. ^ a b c Winfield (2008), p. 259.
  2. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4251. 6 September 1805. hdl:2027/mdp.39015005721496. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  3. ^ "No. 16308". The London Gazette. 21 October 1809. p. 1674.
  4. ^ Hepper (1994), p. 114.

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