![]() Admiralty plan of the hoy Lyon, 1709,
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History | |
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Name | HMS Lion (or Lyon) |
Builder | Deptford Dockyard (M/Shipwright Joseph Allin) |
Launched | April 1709 |
Fate | Wrecked 1752 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Hoy |
Tons burthen | 107 92⁄94 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 20 ft 0 in (6.10 m) |
Depth of hold | 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | sloop |
Armament | 4 × 4-pounder guns + 4 × swivel guns |
HMS Lion (or Lyon) was a stores hoy launched in 1709. She was wrecked at Port Isaac on 26 August 1752.[1]
Lion was under the command of Samuel Wakerel, master. All of her crew was saved, as was some of her cargo of lumber.[2]
Notes
- ^ a b Winfield (2007), p. 367.
- ^ Hepper (1994), p. 39.
References
- Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0948864303.
- Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1844157006.