HMS Tang (1807)

HMS Tang was a Royal Navy Ballahoo-class schooner of four 12-pounder carronades and a crew of 20. The prime contractor for the vessel was Goodrich & Co., in Bermuda, and she was launched in 1807.^[1] Like many of her class and the related Cuckoo-class schooners, she succumbed to the perils of the sea relatively early in her career.

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Tang
Ordered	11 December 1805
Builder	Goodrich & Co. (prime contractor), Bermuda
Laid down	1806
Launched	May 1807
Fate	Lost, presumed foundered, February 1808
General characteristics [1]
Type	Ballahoo-class schooner
Tons burthen	70 41⁄94 (bm)
Length	55 ft 2 in (16.8 m) (overall) 40 ft 10+1⁄2 in (12.5 m) (keel)
Beam	18 ft 0 in (5.5 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft 0 in (2.7 m)
Sail plan	Schooner
Complement	20
Armament	4 × 12-pounder carronades

Service

Tang was commissioned in 1807 under Lieutenant George Senhouse. In 1808 Lieutenant Joseph Derby took command.^[1]

Fate

Tang was lost with all hands in February 1808 in the North Atlantic while sailing from Bermuda to Britain.^[2] Reports indicate that she had 25 people aboard, suggesting that she may also have been carrying some passengers.^[3]