HMS Griper (1804)

HMS Griper was a later Archer-class gunbrig launched in 1804 and wrecked in 1807.

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

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Griper
Ordered9 January 1804
BuilderJosiah & Thomas Brindley, King's Lynn
Laid downApril 1804
Launched6 December 1804
FateWrecked 18 February 1807
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeArcher-class gunbrig
Tons burthen17940⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • Overall:80 ft 2 in (24.4 m)
  • Keel:65 ft 10+3⁄4 in (20.1 m)
Beam22 ft 7+1⁄2 in (6.9 m)
Depth of hold9 ft 5 in (2.9 m)
Armament2 chase guns + 10 × 18-pounder carronades

Career

Lieutenant Edward Morris commissioned Griper in October 1804.

Griper was among the many vessels of the Boulogne squadron that shared in the proceeds of the capture off Cap Gris Nez on 24 April 1805 of a number of Dutch schuyts, most of them armed and carrying soldiers as well as their crews.[2]

Griper was among the vessels that shared in the proceeds of Frederick, captured on 2 August 1805.[3]

Griper was among the vessels that shared in the proceeds of the capture on 22 August of Susannah Margaretha.[4][lower-alpha 1]

Griper shared with Active, Earnest, Carrier, Mariner, and Minx in the proceeds from the recapture of Francis, Tucker, master, and Betsey on 14 and 15 September.[6]

Griper, Cruizer, Minx, Mariner, and Earnest were all part of the Boulogne squadron and so all shared in the proceeds of the recapture on 29 September 1805 of Rover, of Newcastle, Hillary, master.[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3]

The next day Gripper recaptured Commerce, Wallace, master.[9]

On 24 April 1806 Griper captured Emanuel, Ole Ambriarusen, master.[10]

In November Lloyd's List reported that Griper had detained and sent into Yarmouth Jonge Berta, Pedersen, master, which had been sailing from Hamburg to Caen.

Fate

A storm on 18 February 1807 drove Griper, Lieutenant Morris, commander, on shore on the French coast near Ostend. She was wrecked and there were no survivors.[11]

Notes
  1. A seaman's share of the prize money was 7s 1+3⁄4d.[5]
  2. A seaman's share of the prize money was 3s 1d.[7]
  3. Her captors sent Rover into Ramsgate.[8]

Citations
  1. Winfield (2008), p. 341.
  2. "No. 15944". The London Gazette. 9 August 1806. p. 1053.
  3. "No. 16053". The London Gazette. 4 August 1807. p. 1034.
  4. "No. 16012". The London Gazette. 21 March 1807. p. 366.
  5. "No. 15999". The London Gazette. 10 February 1807. p. 179.
  6. "No. 15877". The London Gazette. 31 December 1805. p. 7.
  7. "No. 15950". The London Gazette. 30 August 1806. pp. 1141–1142.
  8. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4259. 4 October 1805. hdl:2027/mdp.39015005721496.
  9. "No. 15983". The London Gazette. 13 December 1806. p. 1616.
  10. "No. 16128". The London Gazette. 15 March 1808. p. 392.
  11. Hepper (1994), p. 117.

References
  • Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3.
  • 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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