HMS Asp (1797)

HMS Asp was an Acute-class gunbrig (ex-GB No.5), of the British Royal Navy. The Navy disposed of her in 1803.

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

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Asp
NamesakeAsp
Ordered7 February 1797
BuilderJohn Randall, Rotherhithe
Laid downFebruary 1797
Launched10 April 1797
Honours and
awards		Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"
FateSold c.July 1803
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeAcute-class gunbrig
Tons burthen15885⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • Overall:75 ft 1 in (22.9 m)
  • Keel:61 ft 7+3⁄4 in (18.8 m)
Beam22 ft 1 in (6.7 m)
Depth of hold7 ft 11+1⁄4 in (2.4 m)
Complement50
Armament12 × 18-pounder carronades + 2 × 24-pounder bow chasers

Career

Lieutenant Joseph Edmonds commissioned Asp in April 1797,[1] for the Channel.

In 1798 she participated in Sir Home Popham's failed attack on Ostend. While she engaged shore batteries four hours in support of a landing by troops she had one seaman killed, and Lieutenant Edmonds was wounded.[2]

Between 1798 and 1803 she was under the command of Lieutenant Isaac Ferriers.[1] Asp and Biter shared in the proceeds of the capture on 18 June 1799 of the galliot Jane.[3]

In July 1800 Asp escorted a convoy to the West Indies.[1]

Because Asp served in the navy's Egyptian campaign between 8 March 1801 and 2 September, her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the Admiralty issued in 1847 to all surviving claimants.[4]

Fate

Asp was paid-off on 15 February 1803. She was sold circa July 1803.[1]

Citations
  1. Winfield (2008), p. 331.
  2. "No. 15017". The London Gazette. 19 May 1798. pp. 421–423.
  3. "No. 15490". The London Gazette. 19 June 1802. p. 652.
  4. "No. 21077". The London Gazette. 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.

References
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.
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