History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Ems
Acquired1809 by capture
FateSold 1815
General characteristics [1]
TypeSchuyt
Tons burthenc.100 bm or 46 bm[2]
PropulsionSails
Armament6 guns

HMS Ems was a Dutch schuyt that the Royal Navy captured in 1809.[1] She was the only vessel of her name to serve in the Royal Navy. No vessel by that name appears in Colledge & Barlow (2006).

Ems appears to have had a completely uneventful career; in 1812 and 1813 she was at Yarmouth.[3] She was converted to a water carrier, probably in 1813. In December 1815 the Admiralty put three schuyts, Patriot, Jahde, and Ems up for sale at Chatham.[2] All sold in 1815.[1]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Winfield (2008), p. 328.
  2. 1 2 "No. 17084". The London Gazette. 25 November 1815. p. 2353.
  3. "NMM, vessel ID 366262" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol i. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.

References

  • Colledge, JJ; Barlow, Ben (2010). Ships of the British Navy. London: Casemate. p. 334. ISBN 9781612000275.
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1861762467.

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