HMS Attack (1794)
{{short description|Naval brig (1794–1802)}}
{{other ships|HMS Attack}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = | Ship caption = }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header= |Ship country=Great Britain |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Kingdom of Great Britain|naval}} | Ship name = HMS Attack | Ship namesake = | Ship owner = | Ship operator = | Ship ordered = 6 March 1794 | Ship builder = John Wilson & Co., Frindsbury | Ship original cost = | Ship laid down = March 1794 | Ship launched = 28 June 1794 | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = February 1795 | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = | Ship captured = | Ship fate = Sold September 1802 | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = {{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=330}} | Ship class = {{sclass|Conquest|gunvessel}} | Ship tons burthen= 147 (bm) | Ship length = *Overall: {{cvt|75|ft|0+1/2|in|m|1|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = {{cvt|21|ft|1+1/4|in|m|1|abbr=on}} | Ship draught = {{cvt|7|ft|0+1/4|in|m|1|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = | Ship hold depth = | Ship propulsion = | Ship sail plan = | Ship complement = 50 | Ship armament = 10 × 18-pounder carronades + 2 × 24–pounder bow + 2 × 4-pounder stern chase guns | Ship notes = }} |
HMS Attack was launched in 1794 as a Conquest-class gunvessel for the Royal Navy. She had an uneventful career and the Navy sold her in 1802.
Career
Lieutenant Thomas Eyre Hinton commissioned Attack in February 1795. In 1795 she served in Sir Sidney Smith's inshore squadron.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=330}}
{{HMS|Diamond|1794|6}}, {{HMS|Syren|1779|2}}, {{HMS|Sybille|1794|2}}, {{HMS|Childers|1778|2}}, and the gun-brigs {{HMS|Fearless|1794|2}} and Attack shared in the proceeds of the capture on 6 July 1795 of the Latitia.{{London Gazette|issue=15933|page=838|date=1 July 1806}}
Between July and October 1796 Attack was at Portsmouth being coppered and receiving sliding keels.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=330}}
Lieutenant Joseph James took command in 1798.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=330}} Attack spent 1799 escorting convoys in the Channel. In April she recaptured William, Rowell, master, which had been sailing from Newry to London when a French privateer had captured her.{{cite news|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044105233092?urlappend=%3Bseq=79 |title=The Marine List |work=Lloyd's List |issue=3067 |date=30 April 1799 |hdl=2027/hvd.32044105233092?urlappend=%3Bseq=79 |accessdate=10 February 2021}}
On 14 August 1800, Attack sent into Plymouth Christian, Odding, master, which had been sailing from Bordeaux to Hamburg.{{cite news|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044105233092?urlappend=%3Bseq=394 |title=The Marine List |work=Lloyd's List |issue=4078|date=19 August 1800 |hdl=2027/hvd.32044105233092?urlappend=%3Bseq=394 |accessdate=10 February 2021}}
Fate
Attack was paid off in 1801. She was sold at Sheerness in September 1802.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=330}}
Crew
John Toup Nicolas began his naval career on Attack.
Citations
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References
- {{cite book |first1=Rif |last1=Winfield |title=British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates |publisher=Seaforth Publishing|year=2008 |isbn=978-1-86176-246-7}}
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