HMS Bellona (1794)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Bellona.

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Bellona
Acquired1794 by purchase
FateBroken up August 1806
General characteristics [1]
Class & typeSailing barge
Tons burthen86 (bm)
Complement25
Armament2 × 18-pounder guns + 1 × 32-pounder guns

HMS Bellona was a Thames sailing barge, one of 11 that the Admiralty purchased in 1794 and stationed at Woolwich. Mr. J. Woodward, a sailing master, commissioned her in 1796. Mr. Richard Simmons replaced him in 1798. She became a mud barge in December 1799; she was broken up in 1805.[1]

Citations

  1. ^ a b Winfield (2008), p. 325.

References

  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.
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