HMS Reynard (1848)

HMS Reynard was part of the 1847 Program, she was ordered on 25 April as a steam schooner from Deptford Dockyard with the name ‘Plumper’. However, the reference Ships of the Royal Navy, by J.J. College, © 2020, there is no entry that associates the name Plumper to this build. The vessel was reordered on 12 August as an 8-gun sloop as designed by John Edye. She was launched in 1848, conducted anti-piracy work in Chinese waters and was wrecked near Pratas Island in the South China Sea on 31 May 1851.

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

The ship's company of Reynard on a raft, with the ship aground behind them near Pratas Island in 1851
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Reynard
Ordered
  • 25 April 1847
  • Re-ordered 12 August 1847
BuilderDeptford dockyard
Cost
  • £10,262 (hull)
  • £8,625 (machinery and fitting)
Laid downAugust 1847
Launched21 March 1848
Commissioned4 July 1848
FateWrecked 31 May 1851
General characteristics
TypeScrew sloop
Displacement656 tons
Tons burthen516 37/94 bm
Length
  • 147 ft 0 in (44.8 m) gundeck
  • 128 ft 4+1⁄2 in (39.1 m) keel for tonnage
Beam27 ft 10 in (8.5 m) maximum, 27 ft 6 in (8.4 m) for tonnage
Draught11 ft 6 in (3.5 m) mean
Depth of hold14 ft 6 in (4.4 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
  • 2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine
  • Single screw
Speed8.2 kn (15.2 km/h) under power
Complement100
Armament
  • 8 guns:
  • 2 × 32-pdr (56cwt) muzzle-loading smooth-bore guns
  • 6 × 32-pdr (25cwt) muzzle-loading smooth-bore guns

Reynard was the seventh named vessel (spelt Renard or Reynard) since it was introduced for a 18-gun sloop captured from the French on May 1780 by HMS Brune in the West Indies and broken in 1784.

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