HMS Grampus (1743)

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

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Grampus
Ordered5 February 1743
BuilderPhilemon Perry, Blackwall Yard
Laid down15 February 1743
Launched27 July 1743
Completed8 September at Woolwich Dockyard
CommissionedJuly 1743
In serviceSeptember 1743
Out of service30 September 1744
ReinstatedJuly 1747
FateCaptured by the French, Bay of Biscay, 1744
General characteristics
Class & type14-gun Wolf-class sloop-of-war
Tons burthen249 17⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 87 ft 10 in (26.8 m) (gundeck)
  • 74 ft 4 in (22.7 m) (keel)
Beam25 ft 1.25 in (7.7 m)
Draught11 ft 0 in (3.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plansnow-rigged
Complement110
Armament
  • 14 × 4-pdrs
  • 12 × 1⁄2-pdr swivels

HMS Grampus was a 14-gun snow-rigged sloop of the Royal Navy, launched in 1743 as the last of three Wolf-class sloops constructed for action against French and Spanish privateers during the War of Jenkins' Ear.

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