![]() Painting of Hussar's sister ship HMS Amazon
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History | |
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Name | HMS Hussar |
Ordered | 15 February 1797 |
Builder | Woolwich Dockyard |
Cost | £29,884 |
Laid down | August 1798 |
Launched | 1 June 1799 |
Completed | 11 November 1799 |
Commissioned | November 1799 |
Fate | Wrecked 8 February 1804 |
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Class and type | Fifth-rate Amazon-class frigate |
Tons burthen | 1,04288⁄94 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 39 ft 6 in (12 m) |
Draught |
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Depth of hold | 13 ft (4 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Complement | 284 (later 300) |
Armament |
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HMS Hussar was a 38-gun fifth-rate Amazon-class frigate of the Royal Navy. Launched at the end of 1799, the entirety of the frigate's career was spent serving in the English Channel and off the coast of Spain. Hussar primarily served as a convoy escort and cruiser, in which occupation the frigate took several prizes, including the French privateer Le General Bessieres. Towards the end of 1803 Hussar was sent to serve in Sir Edward Pellew's Ferrol squadron. On 8 February 1804 Hussar was returning to England with dispatches when the ship was wrecked off the coast of Île de Sein. The crew attempted to sail for home in a fleet of commandeered boats, but the majority were forced to go into Brest to avoid sinking in bad weather, where they were made prisoners of war.