HMS Aid (1809)
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Aid |
| Laid down: | July 1808 |
| Launched: | 4 April 1809 |
| Renamed: | HMS Adventure, 24 May 1821 |
| Fate: | Sold 19 March 1853 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | Aid-class storeship |
| Tons burthen: | 313 68⁄94 (bm) |
| Length: | 105 ft 5 in (32.13 m) (overall) 87 ft 3 in (26.59 m) |
| Beam: | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Complement: | 39 |
| Armament: | 4 x 12-pounder carronades + 2 x 9-pounder guns (as survey ship) |
HMS Aid was a Royal Navy transport ship launched in 1809 at Kings Lynn. She was the name ship of a six-vessel class of transports and storeships, the only vessels built as such during the Napoleonic Wars.[1]
She was converted to a survey ship between December 1816 and March 1817 at Sheerness. Commander William Henry Smyth commissioned her in January 1817.[1]
On 14 September 1817, while under Smyth's command, she was at Lebida (Leptis Magna), together with HMS Weymouth. There they loaded columns, marbles, and other antiquities to bring back to England.[2]
Aid renamed HMS Adventure in 1821.
As HMS Adventure the ship was deployed for 5 years between 1826 and 1830 in a survey of Patagonia, under the command of Captain Phillip King. The ship was accompanied by HMS Beagle. The ship was sold in 1853.
See also
Citations and references
- Citations
- References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Smyth, William Henry (1854) The Mediterranean: A Memoir Physical, Historical, and Nautical (John W. Parker and Son).