HMS Squirrel (1707)

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Squirrel
Ordered26 March 1707
BuilderRoyal Dockyard, Woolwich
Launched29 December 1707
Commissioned1708
Out of serviceApril 1727
Fate
  • Rebuilt Woolwich 1727
  • finally sold at Woolwich 17 October 1749
General characteristics
Type24-gun Sixth Rate
Tons burthen262+59⁄94 bm
Length
  • 94 ft 0 in (28.7 m) gundeck
  • 79 ft 0 in (24.1 m) keel for tonnage
Beam25 ft 0 in (7.6 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold10 ft 8 in (3.3 m)
Armament
  • 20 × 6-pdrs on wooden trucks (UD)
  • 4 × 4-pdr on wooden trucks (QD)
General characteristics As Rebuilt 1727
Class & type20=gun, Sixth Rate
Tons burthen37622/94 bm
Length
  • 106 ft 2 in (32.36 m) gundeck
  • 87 ft 9 in (26.75 m) keel for tonnage
Beam28 ft 5 in (8.66 m) maximum
Depth of hold9 ft 2 in (2.79 m)
Sail planship-rigged
Armament20 × 6-pdrs on upper deck

HMS Squirrel was designed by Richard Stacey, Master Shipwright of Woolwich. Her design was based on the standardize 20-gun sixth rates. After commissioning she was assigned to Home Waters then the Mediterranean. She took a privateer in 1710. She was dismantled at Deptford with her timbers sent to Woolwich Dockyard for rebuilding as a 374-ton (bm). She was finally broken in 1749.

Squirrel was the fifth ship so named. The name had previously been used for a discovery vessel with Sir Humphrey Gilbert in 1682 and lost in 1583.

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