HMS Bouncer (1804)

HMS Bouncer was launched at Newcastle upon Tyne in 1804 for the British Royal Navy. The French captured her in February 1805. She went through several name changes before she was condemned in 1827.

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

History
Kingdom of Great Britain
Name: HMS Bouncer
Ordered: 9 January 1804
Builder: William Rowe, St Peter's Yard, Newcastle upon Tyne[1]
Laid down: April 1804
Launched: 11 August 1804
Captured: Captured February 1805
France
Name: Bouncer
Acquired: 21 February 1805 by purchase of a prize
Renamed:
  • Ecuriel (24 September 1814)
  • Bouncer (22 March 1815)
  • Ecuriel (15 July 1815)
Fate: Condemned 28 June 1827
General characteristics [2]
Tons burthen: 177​1⁄94, or 177[1] (bm)
Sail plan: Brig
Complement: 50
Armament: 10 × 18-pounder carronades + 2 × 12-pounder chase guns[1]

Royal Navy service

Lieutenant Samuel Bassan commissioned Bouncer in November 1804.[2]

In February 1805 was run shore on the French coast near Dieppe where the French captured her and her crew.[3]

French Navy service

The French Navy purchased Bouncer on 21 February 1805 and commissioned her under existing name.[4]

On 10 November 1811 and also on 29 September 1812 Bouncer was at Boulogne-ur-Mer and under the command of Lieutenant de vaisseau de La Rouvraye.

Fate

Ecuriel (ex-Bouncer) was condemned on 28 June 1827.[4]

Citations and references

Citations

  1. Tyne Built Ships: Bouncer.
  2. Winfield (2008), p. 440.
  3. Hepper (1994), p. 110.
  4. Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 222.

References

  • 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 Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.
  • Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2015). French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786–1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2.
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