HMS Attack (1794)

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

HMS Attack was launched in 1794 as a Conquest-class gunvessel for the Royal Navy. She had an uneventful career and the Navy sold her in 1802.

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Attack
Ordered	6 March 1794
Builder	John Wilson & Co., Frindsbury
Laid down	March 1794
Launched	28 June 1794
Commissioned	February 1795
Fate	Sold September 1802
General characteristics [1]
Class & type	Conquest-class gunvessel
Tons burthen	147 (bm)
Length	Overall: 75 ft 0+1⁄2 in (22.9 m) Keel: 62 ft 2+1⁄2 in (19.0 m)
Beam	21 ft 1+1⁄4 in (6.4 m)
Draught	7 ft 0+1⁄4 in (2.1 m)
Complement	50
Armament	10 × 18-pounder carronades + 2 × 24–pounder bow + 2 × 4-pounder stern chase guns

Career

Lieutenant Thomas Eyre Hinton commissioned Attack in February 1795. In 1795 she served in Sir Sidney Smith's inshore squadron.^[1]

HMS Diamond, Syren, Sybille, Childers, and the gun-brigs Fearless and Attack shared in the proceeds of the capture on 6 July 1795 of the Latitia.^[2]

Between July and October 1796 Attack was at Portsmouth being coppered and receiving sliding keels.^[1]

Lieutenant Joseph James took command in 1798.^[1] Attack spent 1799 escorting convoys in the Channel. In April she recaptured William, Rowell, master, which had been sailing from Newry to London when a French privateer had captured her.^[3]

On 14 August 1800, Attack sent into Plymouth Christian, Odding, master, which had been sailing from Bordeaux to Hamburg.^[4]

Fate

Attack was paid off in 1801. She was sold at Sheerness in September 1802.^[1]

Crew

John Toup Nicolas began his naval career on Attack.