HMS Intrepid (1770)
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Intrepid |
| Ordered: | 16 November 1765 |
| Builder: | Woolwich Dockyard |
| Laid down: | January 1767 |
| Launched: | 4 December 1770 |
| Honours and awards: |
Participated in: |
| Fate: | Sold out of the service, 1818 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | Intrepid-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1374 bm |
| Length: | 159 ft 6 in (48.62 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 44 ft 4 in (13.51 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pounder guns |
HMS Intrepid was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 4 December 1770 at Woolwich.[1]
In 1772 the Intrepid sailed to the Dutch East Indies. The ship's master on this journey was John Hunter, later an admiral and the second Governor of New South Wales.[2]
She took part in the Battle of the Chesapeake in 1781.
French Revolutionary Wars
In February 1796, Intrepid was patrolling near Cap-François looking for reinforcements expected from Cork when she encountered a French corvette. After a chase of ten hours, the frigate ran ashore in a cove to the east of Porto Plata, where her crew abandoned her, enabling the British to retrieve her. She turned out to be the Perçante, armed with twenty 9-pounder guns and six brass 2-pounders, with a crew of 200 men under the command of Citoyen Jacque Clement Tourtellet. She had left La Rochelle on 6 December 1795 under orders from the Minister of Marine and Colonies not to communicate with any vessel on the way.[3] The British took her into service as the sixth-rate HMS Jamaica. Musquito must have been in company or in sight as she shared in the proceeds of the capture.[4]
Fate
Intrepid was sold out of the Navy in 1818.[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p181.
- ↑ Auchmuty, J.J. (1966). "Hunter, John (1737-1821)". Australian Dictionary of Biography Online. Melbourne University Press. Retrieved 13 January 2009.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 13886. p. 375. 23 April 1796.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 15409. p. 1175. 22 September 1801.
References
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.