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Experiment was one of 12 small vessels that the Navy Board purchased pursuant to an Admiralty Order dated 6 March 1794. The aim was to expend the vessels as fire ships. None was used as a fire ship; instead, most served with Sir Sidney Smith's squadron off the coast of France.[1]
History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Experiment |
Launched | 1794 |
Fate | Sold 1801 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Tons burthen | 8479⁄94 (bm) |
Length | 62 ft 9 in (19.1 m) (overall); 50 ft 7+1⁄8 in (15.4 m) (keel) |
Beam | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
Depth of hold | 9 ft 7 in (2.9 m) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Complement | Sailing master + nine men |
Notes | Two decks |
Experiment was commissioned under Mr. James Stewart in June 1794. She was recommissioned in August 1798 under Mr. L. Huggins. She was paid off in January 1799.[1] The Board of Commissioners and Principal Officers of the Navy offered Experiment, of 85 tons burthen, copper-sheathed and fastened, and laying at Woolwich for sale on 16 December 1801.[2] She sold there on that date for £205.[1]
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