HMS Vigilant - 22-gun ship of the 6th rank of the Royal Navy , the former trading Empress of Russia . The third ship of His Majesty, named Vigilant .
| Hms vigilant | |
|---|---|
| Empress of russia | |
 Coal miner: these fleets were usually turned into armed transports, research vessels, etc. | |
| Service | |
 Great Britain | |
| Title | Empress of russia |
| Class and type of vessel | merchant ship |
| Type of sailing weapon | three - masted bark |
| Manufacturer | Whitby (England) |
| Launched | 1774 (?) |
| End of service | April 23, 1776 |
| Status | requisitioned by the fleet |
| Service | |
 Great Britain | |
| Title | Hms vigilant |
| Class and type of vessel | Rank 6 22-gun ship |
| Organization | Royal fleet |
| Service start | purchased September 6, 1777 |
| Renovated / Rebuilt | 1778 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | April 9, 1780 |
| Status | burnt |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 684 14/94 tons ( approx. ) [1] |
| Gondek length | 122 ft 6 in (37.3 m ) |
| Midship Width | 34 ft 10½ in. (10.6 m) |
| Depth of intrum | - |
| Engines | Sail |
| Crew | 150 [2] |
| Armament | |
| Total number of guns | 22 (later 20) |
| Guns on the operdek | 14 × 24 pound guns |
| Guns on the Trench | 6 × 6-fn guns |
| Guns on the tank | 2 × 9-fn guns [3] |
Build
Launched in 1774 at a private shipyard in Whitby , under the name Empress of Russia [1] . Until 1776 it was commercial.
Service
He participated in the American Revolutionary War .
1775 - March 30 left for Boston as a hired military transport .
1776 - “withdrawn from trade” ( Eng. Taken up From Trade ), that is, requisitioned by the fleet on April 23, 1776 [4] ; selected for low draft; used for coastal bombing; December, was at the landing in Rhode Island [5] .
1777 - since August it was near Philadelphia ; officially purchased September 6, 1777 ; October 22 was at the assault on Fort Red Bank; entered service in November [6] . as HMS Vigilant , Commander Brabazon Christian.
1778 - converted into a royal shipyard in Deptford into a 22-gun ship. May 8 officially registered as a ship of rank 6; July 22 was at Sandy Hook ; August 11 was with the squadron of Vice Admiral Howe against d'Estaing ; August 28 was at Newport ; September, was in Gray's raid , September 4 collided with a sloop HMS Raven ; December, with Parker's squadron in operations near Savannah ; December 22, reclassified to armed transport, removed 2 × 9-fn guns from the tank.
1779 - Commander Christian surrendered command.
1780 - January, Commander Thomas Goldsbrough ( English Thomas Goldesbrough ); August 17, withdrawn from active membership in New York ; then declared unfit and burned in Beaufort ( South Carolina ) [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Winfield, ... p. 359.
- ↑ When serving in rank 6
- ↑ Removed by order of the Admiralty of December 22, 1778
- ↑ According to other sources, 1777, see: Winfield, ... p. 359.
- ↑ Navies and the American Revolution / R. Gardiner, ed. - P. 63.
- ↑ So in the source: Winfield, ... p. 359.
Literature
- Syrett, David. Shipping and the American War, 1775-83: A Study of British Transport Organization (University of London Historical Study) Athlone Press, 1970 ISBN 0-48513-127-7
- Winfield, Rif. British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates . London-St.Paul: Seaforth, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6