HMS Piercer (1804)
HMS Piercer was a Royal Navy Archer-class gun-brig launched in 1804. She served against the French, Danes and Dutch in the Napoleonic Wars and was assigned to the Downs station. She participated in a number of operations in the Bay of Biscay, the English Channel, and the North Sea. In 1814 the British government transferred Piercer to the Kingdom of Hanover for use as a guard ship. Hanover decommissioned her in 1850.
Piercer | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Piercer |
| Operator | Royal Navy |
| Builder | Obadiah Ayles, Topsham, Exeter |
| Launched | 1804 |
| Decommissioned | 1814 |
| Honours and awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Gluckstadt 5 Jany. 1814" |
| Fate | Transferred to the Kingdom of Hanover 1814 |
| Kingdom of Hanover | |
| Name | The Piercer |
| Acquired | by transfer 4 June 1814 |
| Decommissioned | 1850 |
| Fate | Decommissioned 1850 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Archer-class gun-brig |
| Tons burthen | 17731⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 22 ft 6+3⁄4 in (6.877 m) |
| Depth of hold | 9 ft 5 in (2.87 m) |
| Sail plan | Brig |
| Complement | 50 |
| Armament | 10 × 18-pounder carronades + 2 × bow chasers |
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