HMS Renard (1873)

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

HMS Renard was a schooner of the Royal Navy, built by John Cuthbert, Millers Point, New South Wales and launched 16 January 1873.^[2]

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 × 12-pounder gun

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.