| HMS Tang (1807) | |
|---|---|
| Career (UK) |  |
| Name: | HMS Tang |
| Ordered: | 11 December 1805 |
| Builder: | Goodrich & Co. (prime contractor), Bermuda |
| Laid down: | 1806 |
| Launched: | May 1807 |
| Fate: | Lost, presumed foundered, February 1808 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type: | Ballahoo-class schooner |
| Tonnage: | 70 41⁄94 (bm) |
| Length: |
55 ft 2 in (16.8 m) (overall) 40 ft 10 1⁄2 in (12.5 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 18 ft 0 in (5.5 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 9 ft 0 in (2.7 m) |
| Sail plan: | Schooner |
| Complement: | 20 |
| Armament: | 4 x 12-pounder carronades |
HMS Tang was a Royal Navy Ballahoo-class schooner of four 12-pounder carronades and a crew of 20. The prime contractor for the vessel was Goodrich & Co., in Bermuda, and she was launched in 1807.[1] Like many of her class and the related Cuckoo-class schooners, she succumbed to the perils of the sea relatively early in her career.
Service[]
Tang was commissioned in 1807 under Lieutenant George Senhouse. In 1808 Lieutenant Joseph Derby took command.[1]
Fate[]
Tang was lost with all hands in February 1808 in the North Atlantic while sailing from Bermuda to Britain.[2] Reports indicate that she had 25 people aboard, suggesting that she may also have been carrying some passengers.[3]
Citations[]
References[]
- Gossett, William Patrick (1986) The lost ships of the Royal Navy, 1793-1900. (London:Mansell).ISBN 0-7201-1816-6
- Hepper, David J. (1994) British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. (Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot). ISBN 0-948864-30-3
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.
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