HMS Curlew (1795)

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

HMS Curlew was an 18-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, commissioned in June 1795 under Commander Francis Ventris Field for Admiral Duncan's fleet.

Curlew
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Curlew
Ordered	4 & 18 March 1795
Builder	John Randall & Co., Rotherhithe
Laid down	May 1795
Launched	16 July 1795
Commissioned	22 July – 29 August 1795
Fate	Lost 1796
General characteristics [1]
Class & type	Diligence-class brig-sloop
Type	18-gun brig-sloop
Tons burthen	316 41⁄94 (bm)
Length	95 ft 1 in (29.0 m) (gundeck) 75 ft 2+1⁄2 in (22.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam	28 ft 1+1⁄2 in (8.6 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 0 in (3.7 m)
Sail plan	brig
Complement	121
Armament	16 × 32-pounder carronades 2 × 6-pounder chase guns

On 31 October 1796 she disappeared during a storm in the North Sea, and was presumed to have foundered with all hands.^[1][2][3]