HMS Narcissus (1781)

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

HMS Narcissus was a Sphinx-class 20-gun sixth-rate post ship of the Royal Navy launched in 1781. Most notably in 1782, while she was under the command of Captain Edward Edwards, a mutiny occurred aboard the vessel that resulted in the hanging of six men, and the flogging of an additional 14. Captain Edwards went on to command HMS Pandora, which was assigned to carry the Bounty mutineers back to England.^[1]

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Narcissus
Ordered	8 August 1777
Builder	Plymouth Dockyard
Laid down	13 June 1777
Launched	9 May 1781
Completed	By 20 June 1781
Fate	Wrecked on 3 October 1796
General characteristics
Class & type	Sphinx-class 20-gun sixth-rate post ship
Tons burthen	429 80⁄94 (bm)
Length	108 ft (33 m) (overall) 89 ft 8 in (27.33 m)
Beam	30 ft 0+1⁄2 in (9.157 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft 8.5 in (2.959 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	140 (134 from 1794)
Armament	GD: 20 × 9-pounder guns QD (from 1794): 4 × 12-pounder carronades Fc (1794): 2 × 12-pounder carronades

Fate

Narcissus was wrecked in 1796.