HMS Experiment (1794)

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

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Experiment
Launched	1794
Fate	Sold 1801
General characteristics [1]
Tons burthen	8479⁄94 (bm)
Length	62 ft 9 in (19.1 m) (overall); 50 ft 7+1⁄8 in (15.4 m) (keel)
Beam	17 ft 9 in (5.4 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft 7 in (2.9 m)
Propulsion	Sail
Complement	Sailing master + nine men
Notes	Two decks

Experiment was one of 12 small vessels that the Navy Board purchased pursuant to an Admiralty Order dated 6 March 1794. The aim was to expend the vessels as fire ships. None was used as a fire ship; instead, most served with Sir Sidney Smith's squadron off the coast of France.^[1]

Experiment was commissioned under Mr. James Stewart in June 1794. She was recommissioned in August 1798 under Mr. L. Huggins. She was paid off in January 1799.^[1] The Board of Commissioners and Principal Officers of the Navy offered Experiment, of 85 tons burthen, copper-sheathed and fastened, and laying at Woolwich for sale on 16 December 1801.^[2] She sold there on that date for £205.^[1]

Citations

1. Winfield (2008), p. 379.
2. "No. 15434". The London Gazette. 8 December 1801. p. 1463.

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.