HMS Lion (1709 hoy)

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

Admiralty plan of the hoy Lyon, 1709,
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Lion (or Lyon)
BuilderDeptford Dockyard (M/Shipwright Joseph Allin)
LaunchedApril 1709
FateWrecked 1752
General characteristics [1]
TypeHoy
Tons burthen107 92⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • Overall: 63 ft 11 in (19.48 m)
  • Keel: 50 ft 9 in (15.5 m)
Beam20 ft 0 in (6.10 m)
Depth of hold9 ft 0 in (2.74 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plansloop
Armament4 × 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

  1. ^ a b Winfield (2007), p. 367.
  2. ^ 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.


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