British sloop 'Hazard' (1749)

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Hazard

4664
Nominal Guns8BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered12.7.1749BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down25.7.1749BWAS-1714
Named22.7.1749BWAS-1714
Launched3.10.1749BWAS-1714
First Commissioned11.10.1749BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardPortsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
Constructor
Peirson LockBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1716-1755
BWAS-1714
CategoryUnratedBWAS-1714
Ship TypeSloopBWAS-1714
Sailing RigBrigBWAS-1714
Sold11.2.1783BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck76' 3"Imperial Feet23.1775 
Length of Keel62' 8"Imperial Feet18.9992 
Breadth20' 6"Imperial Feet6.2484 
Depth in Hold9' 4"Imperial Feet2.8448 
Draught Forward5' 5 ½"Imperial Feet1.5367 
Draught Aft7' 2"Imperial Feet2.1844 
Burthen140 7⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


3.10.1749Broadside Weight = 14.5 Imperial Pound ( 6.576 kg)BWAS-1714
Gun Deck8 British 3-Pounder
Gun Deck10 British 1/2-Pound Swivel

15 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
11.10.1749 - 31.1.1753Commander
Thomas HanburyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1737-1754
ADM 6/17/499BWAS-171412.3.1754 - 8.7.1755Commander
Thomas GravesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1741-1802
ADM 6/18/93ODNB10.7.1755 - 3.5.1758Commander
James HackmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1733-1763
ADM 6/18/179BWAS-17142.6.1760 - 13.1.1762Commander
Samuel Granston GoodallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1750-1801
ADM 6/19/170BWAS-171428.1.1762 - 31.8.1762Commander
The Hon. Henry St JohnBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1754-1778
ADM 6/19/383BWAS-171431.8.1762 - 22.12.1762Commander
Dennis EveryBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1724-1763
ADM 6/19/434BWAS-171419.5.1763 - 24.10.1766Commander
William WebsterBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1739-1777
ADM 6/19/500BWAS-171424.10.1766 - 26.10.1769Commander
Thomas PembleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1738-1769
ADM 6/20/141BWAS-171426.10.1769 - 28.10.1772Commander
James OrrokBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1736-1783
ADM 6/20/259BWAS-171428.10.1772 - 25.6.1773Commander
John FordBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1753-1795
ADM 6/20/463BWAS-171426.6.1773 - 24.11.1775Commander
John FordBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1753-1795
ADM 6/20/501ADM 6/2024.11.1775 - 20.11.1777Commander
James OrrokBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1736-1783
Transfered ADM 6/21/139ADM 6/2120.11.1777 - 1.2.1779Commander
Alexander AgnewBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1756-1781
Transfered ADM 6/21/338BWAS-17141.2.1779 - 1.7.1780Commander
George Ann PulteneyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1775-1781
Transfered ADM 6/21/505BWAS-17141.7.1780 - 24.1.1781Commander
Edward PellewBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1776-1814
ADM 6/22/147BWAS-1714

1 Commissioned Officer


DatesRankNameSource
2.4.1762 - 22.12.1762Lieutenant
William BaconBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1744-1779
ADM 6/19/395ADM 6/19

3 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
17.2.1750/51 - 15.5.1751Midshipman
George TalbotBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1744-1782
ADM 107/4/273ADM 107/42.4.1755 - 16.10.1755Midshipman
Thomas HickesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1744-1801
Transfered ADM 107/4/397ADM 107/48.10.1755 - 15.7.1757Midshipman
Charles EmeryBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1753-1771
Transfered ADM 107/5/272ADM 107/5

2 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
27.1.1749/50 - 16.2.1750/51Able Seaman
George TalbotBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1744-1782
ADM 107/4/273ADM 107/416.5.1751 - 6.2.1751/52Able Seaman
George TalbotBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1744-1782
Transfered ADM 107/4/273ADM 107/4

Service History


DateEventSource
25.7.1749Began building at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
3.10.1749Completed building at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £2635.11.2dBWAS-1714
1751In the Irish SeaBWAS-1714
22.2.1750/51Ordered to Portsmouth to have her mast shortenedBWAS-1714
1752In the Irish SeaBWAS-1714
1753In the Irish SeaBWAS-1714
1754In the Irish SeaBWAS-1714
1755Off BrestBWAS-1714
28.8.1756Took the Snow
La Subtile (8) 1756-1756
French 8 Gun
Privateer Snow
off Yarmouth
4.2.1757Took the Privateer
Le Saint Thomas (Unknown) 1757-1757
French Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown

14.7.1757Taken by
Experiment (20) 1740-1763
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Ship

3.5.1758

Paid off

ADM 33
25.8.1760Captured the French
Le Duc d'Ayen (8) 1760-1760
French 8 Gun
Privateer Dogger
off the coast of Norway and sent it into TinmouthBG
25.8.1760Took the Dogger
Le Duc d'Ayen (8) 1760-1760
French 8 Gun
Privateer Dogger
on the Coast of Norway and sent into TinmouthBG
15.8.1762Took the Cutter
Le Sauvage (Lightly Armed) 1762-1762
French Lightly Armed Gun
Privateer Cutter
BG
22.12.1762Paid offADM 51
25.2.1763SurveyedBWAS-1714
5.1763RecommissionedBWAS-1714
5.1770RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1771East coast of ScotlandBWAS-1714
23.6.1773At the Spithead ReviewBWAS-1714
1775East coast of ScotlandBWAS-1714
24.1.1781

Paid off

ADM 33
11.2.1783Sold at Sheerness for £200BWAS-1714

 
Previous comments on this page

Posted by Jon Miller on Sunday 24th of May 2026 04:09

Gosport, 10 January 1751: His Majesty’s sloops the Hazard and Savage are now in the harbour: They have been both cleaned; and it is strongly reported, that they are both to sail from Spithead to the Land’s End and back again, for a considerable wager. [Kentish Post, 19 January 1751]

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