HMS Porpoise (1799)
HMS Porpoise was a 12-gun sloop-of-war originally built in Bilbao, Spain, as the packet ship Infanta Amelia. On 6 August 1799 HMS Argo captured her off the coast of Portugal. Porpoise wrecked in 1803 on the North coast of what was then part of the Colony of New South Wales, now called Wreck Reefs, off the coast of Queensland, Australia.
Loss of the Porpoise & Cato 200 miles from land | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Spain | |
| Name | Infanta Amelia |
| Builder | Dockyard, Bilbao |
| Launched | c.1799 |
| Captured | 6 August 1799 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Porpoise |
| Launched | 6 August 1799 by capture |
| Fate | Wrecked 17 August 1803 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | sloop |
| Tons burthen | 308 (bm) |
| Length |
|
| Beam | 27 ft 11 in (8.51 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 3 in (3.73 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Schooner |
| Armament | 10 x 6-pounder guns |
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