HMS Richmond (1806)

HMS Richmond was a Confounder-class gunbrig, launched at Itchenor in February 1806. She captured several small privateers and merchantmen off the Iberian peninsula before the Royal Navy sold her in 1814. (One of these actions resulted in her boats qualifying for a clasp to the Naval General Service Medal.) After the Navy sold her, she became the mercantile Ben Jonson.

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

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Richmond
Ordered23 August 1805
Builder(Charles) Greenwood & (Thomas) Kidwell, Itchenor
Laid downNovember 1805
LaunchedFebruary 1806
FateSold 1814
General characteristics
Class and typeConfounder-class gunbrig
Tons burthen183, or 18334⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • Overall: 84 ft 3 in (25.7 m)
  • Keel: 69 ft 10+3⁄4 in (21.3 m)
Beam22 ft 2+1⁄2 in (6.8 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 0 in (3.4 m)
Sail planBrig
Complement50
Armament10 × 18-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder chase guns
History
United Kingdom
NameBen Jonson
NamesakeBen Jonson
BuilderThomas Kidwell, Itchenor, Chichester, Sussex
Launched18 February 1806
Acquired1815
FatePossibly condemned 1826
General characteristics
Tons burthen197, or 198, or 20533⁄94 (bm)
Length89 ft 3 in (27.2 m)
Beam22 ft 0 in (6.7 m)

Ben Jonson, launched at Itchenor in February 1806, first appeared in online resources in 1815, as a West Indiaman. She then traded with Odessa, and the Cape of Good Hope (the Cape). She started trading with Mauritius, and was last reported having come into Mauritius in 1826 very leaky.

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