HMS Attack (1794)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Attack.

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Attack
Ordered	6 March 1794
Builder	John Wilson & Co., Frindsbury
Laid down	March 1794
Launched	28 June 1794
Commissioned	February 1795
Fate	Sold September 1802
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Conquest-class gunvessel
Tons burthen	147 (bm)
Length	Overall: 75 ft 0+1⁄2 in (22.9 m) Keel: 62 ft 2+1⁄2 in (19.0 m)
Beam	21 ft 1+1⁄4 in (6.4 m)
Draught	7 ft 0+1⁄4 in (2.1 m)
Complement	50
Armament	10 × 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

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

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

Crew

John Toup Nicolas began his naval career on Attack.

Citations

1. 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

• 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.