HMS Crash (1797)
HMS Crash was a 12-gun Acute-class gun-brig. She was launched in April 1797 as GB No. 15 and received the name Crash in August. She served against the French and Dutch in the Napoleonic Wars, though after her capture in 1798 she spent a year in the service of the Batavian Republic before the British recaptured her. She was sold in 1802.
| History | |
|---|---|
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Crash |
| Ordered | 7 February 1797 |
| Builder | Mrs Frances Barnard & Co, Deptford |
| Laid down | February 1797 |
| Launched | 5 April 1797 |
| Commissioned | April 1797 |
| Captured | 26 August 1798 |
| Batavian Republic | |
| Name | de Crash |
| Acquired | by capture 26 August 1798 |
| Captured | 11 August 1799 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Crash |
| Acquired | By capture 11 August 1799 |
| Fate | Sold September 1802 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Acute-class gun-brig |
| Tons burthen | 16047⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 22 ft 1 in (6.73 m) |
| Depth of hold | 7 ft 11+1⁄2 in (2.426 m) |
| Sail plan | Brig |
| Complement | 50 |
| Armament | 12 x 18-pounder carronades + 2 x 24-pounder bow chasers |
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