HMS Hazard's Prize (1756)

HMS Hazard's Prize (or Hazard Prize) was the French privateer Subtile, which HMS Hazard captured on 28 August 1756 and which the Royal Navy took into service. She was out of service a year later and the Navy sold her in 1759.

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

History
France
NameSubtile
BuilderDunkerque
Captured1756
Great Britain
NameHazard's Prize
Acquired1756 by purchase of a prize
FateSold 1759
General characteristics
Tons burthen10072⁄94, or (bm)
Length
  • Overall:61 ft 9 in (18.8 m)
  • Keel:48 ft 7 in (14.8 m)
Beam19 ft 9 in (6.0 m)
Depth of hold8 ft 11+2⁄3 in (2.7 m)
Sail planSnow
Complement
  • Privateer:86
  • Royal Navy:60
Armament8 × 4-pounder guns + 12 × ½-pounder swivel guns
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