HMS Terror (1741)
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HMS Terror was bomb vessel launched in 1741, converted to a sloop, and sold in 1754. She went into mercantile service, becoming the northern whale fishery whaler Duke of York. In 1784 her name changed to Elizabeth and Margaret, and she continued as a Greenland whaler, before becoming a whaler in the British southern whale fishery. She was last listed in 1794.
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Name | HMS Terror |
Ordered | 14 September 1741 |
Builder | Greville & Whestone, Limehouse |
Laid down | 9 October 1741 |
Fate | Sold in 1754 |
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Tons burthen | 27145⁄94, or 278 (bm) |
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Beam | 26 ft 5 in (8.1 m) |
Depth of hold | 11 ft 2 in (3.4 m) |
Propulsion | Sail |
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Name | Duke of York |
Renamed | Elizabeth and Margaret (1784) |
Fate | Last listed 1794 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 200, or 250,[2] or 280,[3] or 288 (bm) |
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