HMS Hornet (1794 sloop-of-war)
British naval sloop (1794–1817) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Hornet.
HMS Hornet was a 16-gun ship-rigged sloop of the Cormorant class in the Royal Navy, ordered 18 February 1793, built by Marmaduke Stalkart and launched 3 February 1794 at Rotherhithe.[lower-alpha 1] Hornet saw most of her active duty during the French Revolutionary Wars. During the Napoleonic Wars she served for about six years as a hospital ship before being laid up in 1811 and sold in 1817.
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Name | HMS Hornet |
Ordered | 18 February 1793 |
Builder | Marmaduke Stalkart, Rotherhithe |
Laid down | April 1793 |
Launched | 3 February 1794 |
Completed | 14 May 1794 at Deptford Dockyard |
Commissioned | January 1794 |
Out of service | Sold 30 October 1817 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | 16-gun Cormorant-class sloop |
Tons burthen | 42855⁄94 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 29 ft 8 in (9.0 m) |
Depth of hold | 9 ft (2.74 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Sloop |
Complement | 121 |
Armament | 16 × 6-pounder guns + 12 × 1⁄2-pounder swivel guns |
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