HMS Oroonoko (1805)

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

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Oroonoko
NamesakeOroonoko
Acquired1805 by purchase
FateSold 1814
General characteristics [1]
Tons burthen250 (bm)
Length
  • Overall: 81 ft 9 in (24.9 m)
  • Keel: 70 ft 5 in (21.5 m)
Beam25 ft 10 in (7.9 m)
Armament8 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Oroonoko was the French privateer Eugène, which the Royal Navy bought in 1805 to replace the previous Oroonoko as a prison ship at Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. She was sold in 1814.[1]

Eugène may have been the sloop sailing from Bordeaux to New Orleans that HMS Renard captured early in 1805 and sent into Jamaica.[2]

Citations

  1. ^ a b Winfield (2008), p. 402.
  2. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4210. 23 April 1805.

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.