HMS Scourge (1803)

History
Great Britain
Name	Herald
Owner	Robert Waite, and J. Barry
Builder	J. Barry, Whitby
Launched	1799, or 1800
Fate	Sold to the Admiralty 1803
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Scourge
Acquired	June 1803 by purchase
Fate	Sold 1816
United Kingdom
Name	Herald
Owner	Ward & Co.
Acquired	1816 by purchase
Fate	Lost 1835
General characteristics
Type	Sloop
Tons burthen	Originally:338, or 339, or 340 (bm); After lengthening in 1823: 357 (bm);
Length	107 ft 0 in (32.6 m) (overall); 84 ft 3 in (25.7 m) (keel);
Beam	27 ft 6 in (8.4 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
Sail plan	Sloop
Complement	100
Armament	Herald:6 × 4-pounder guns ; HMS:14 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder bow chasers;

HMS Scourge was the former merchant sloop Herald, launched in 1799, that the Admiralty purchased in 1803 for service as a convoy escort. The Admiralty had her laid up in 1805, and sold in 1816. Subsequent owners returned her to mercantile service and she sailed until 1835 when she was lost.

History

Great Britain
Name	Herald
Owner	Robert Waite, and J. Barry
Builder	J. Barry, Whitby
Launched	1799, or 1800
Fate	Sold to the Admiralty 1803
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Scourge
Acquired	June 1803 by purchase
Fate	Sold 1816
United Kingdom
Name	Herald
Owner	Ward & Co.
Acquired	1816 by purchase
Fate	Lost 1835
General characteristics
Type	Sloop
Tons burthen	Originally:338, or 339, or 340 (bm) After lengthening in 1823: 357 (bm)
Length	107 ft 0 in (32.6 m) (overall) 84 ft 3 in (25.7 m) (keel)
Beam	27 ft 6 in (8.4 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
Sail plan	Sloop
Complement	100
Armament	Herald:6 × 4-pounder guns HMS:14 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder bow chasers