HMS Blast (1695)

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

HMS Blast was a Serpent-class bomb vessel of the Royal Navy, one of ten such vessels commissioned in 1695 to support land assaults on continental ports. Over a 30-year period she saw service in the fleets of Admirals Berkeley and Byng and took part in the British victory at the Battle of Cape Passaro in 1718.

History
England
Name	HMS Blast
Ordered	9 January 1695
Builder	Sir Henry Johnson, Blackwall Yard
Launched	1695
Commissioned	1695
Out of service	1724
Fate	Broken up, Port Mahon
General characteristics
Class and type	6-gun Serpent-class bomb vessel
Tons burthen	143 14⁄94 (bm)
Length	66 ft 1 in (20.1 m) (overall) 50 ft 6 in (15.4 m) (keel)
Beam	23 ft 1 in (7.0 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 0 in (3.0 m)
Propulsion	Sail
Sail plan	Ketch-rigged
Complement	30
Armament	4 × 2-pdrs 2 × 121⁄2 in mortars

In 1721 she was converted to a storeship in British-controlled Port Mahón, and was broken up there in 1724.^[1]

References

1. Winfield 2007, p. 338

Bibliography

• Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 9781844157006.

Further reading

• McLaughlan, Ian (2014). The Sloop of War, 1650-1763. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781848321878.