HMS Tang (1807)

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.

History
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

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 and references

Citations

  1. Winfield (2008), p.360.
  2. Hepper (1994), p.122.
  3. Gossett (1986), p. 69.

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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