HMS Blast (1695)

HMS Blast was a Serpent-class bomb vessel of the Royal Navy, one of ten such vessels commissioned in 1695 to support land assaults on continental ports. Over a 30-year period she saw service in the fleets of Admirals Berkeley and Byng and took part in the British victory at the Battle of Cape Passaro in 1718.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Blast.
History
UK
Name: HMS Blast
Ordered: 9 January 1695
Builder: Sir Henry Johnson, Blackwall Yard
Launched: 1695
Commissioned: 1695
Out of service: 1724
Fate: Broken up, Port Mahon
General characteristics
Class and type: 6-gun Serpent-class bomb vessel
Tons burthen: 143 ​14⁄94 (bm)
Length:
  • 66 ft 1 in (20.1 m) (overall)
  • 50 ft 6 in (15.4 m) (keel)
Beam: 23 ft 1 in (7.0 m)
Depth of hold: 10 ft 0 in (3.0 m)
Propulsion: Sail
Sail plan: Ketch-rigged
Complement: 30
Armament:
  • 4 × 2pdrs
  • 2 × 12​1⁄2 in. mortars

In 1721 she was converted to a storeship in British-controlled Port Mahón, and was broken up there in 1724.[1]

References
  1. Winfield 2007, p. 338

Bibliography
  • Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 9781844157006.

Further reading
  • McLaughlan, Ian (2014). The Sloop of War, 1650-1763. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781848321878.
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