| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Renard |
| Builder | John Cuthbert, Millers Point, New South Wales |
| Launched | 16 January 1873 |
| Fate | Sold in March 1883. |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | Beagle-class schooner |
| Tons burthen | 120 bm |
| Length | 77 ft 0 in (23.5 m) |
| Beam | 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m) |
| Depth of hold | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
| Sail plan | Schooner |
| Complement | 27 |
| Armament | 1 x 12-pounder gun |
HMS Renard was a schooner of the Royal Navy, built by John Cuthbert, Millers Point, New South Wales and launched 16 January 1873.[2]
She commenced service on the Australia Station at Sydney in 1873 for anti-blackbirding operations in the South Pacific and later hydrographic surveys around Chesterfield Islands, Fiji and the Russell Islands.[2] She ran aground on an uncharted reef in late 1874. Her captain was deemed blameless in the matter of the grounding.[3] Under the command of Captain Pugh, she was engaged in anti-blackbirding operations in 1876 and visited Nukufetau in the Ellice Islands in search of Bully Hayes, who was notorious for his blackbirding activities.[4][5]
She was paid off in 1883 and sold.[2] She was then employed in the Solomon Islands trade.
Citations
- ↑ Winfield (2004) p. 301
- 1 2 3 Bastock, p. 59.
- ↑ "Shipping Disasters". Liverpool Mercury. No. 8389. Liverpool. 8 December 1874.
- ↑ Restieaux, Alfred. Recollections of a South Seas Trader – Reminiscences of Alfred Restieaux. National Library of New Zealand, MS 7022-2.
- ↑ Restieaux, Alfred. Reminiscences - Alfred Restieaux Part 2 (Pacific Islands). National Library of New Zealand, MS-Papers-0061-079A.
References
- Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0
- Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.