HMS Martin (1790)

History

United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Martin
Ordered:	17 January 1788
Builder:	Woolwich Dockyard
Laid down:	15 July 1789
Launched:	8 October 1790
Commissioned:	13 January 1791
Honours and awards:	Naval General Service Medal clasp "Camperdown"
Fate:	Lost, presumed foundered with all hands in the North Sea on 31 October 1800
General characteristics
Class and type:	Hound-class sloop
Tons burthen:	329 ⁴⁄₉₄ bm
Length:	100 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (30.7 m) (overall) 83 ft 6 ³⁄₄ in (25.5 m) (keel)
Beam:	27 ft 2 ¹⁄₂ in (8.3 m)
Draught:	8 ft 01 in (2.5 m) (laden) 11 ft 6 in (3.5 m) (unladen)
Depth of hold:	12 ft 10 ¹⁄₂ in (3.9 m)
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Complement:	125 (from 1794, 121)
Armament:	Upper deck:16 × 6-pounder guns and 14 x ½-pounder swivel guns Later: Upper deck:16 x 6-pounder guns QD:4 x 12-pounder carronades Fc:2 x 12-pounder carronades

HMS Martin was a 16-gun sloop of the Royal Navy. She served at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797 and captured two privateers before she disappeared in 1800.

Martin was a Hound-class sloop, built to a design by John Henslow and ordered from Woolwich Dockyard on 17 January 1788. Master Shipwright John Nelson worked on her until August 1790, after which William Rule completed her. She was launched on 8 October 1790 and commissioned on 13 January 1791, having cost a total of £8,732 to build, with a further £1,674 spent on fitting out.

Martin’s first commander was George Duff, under whom she sailed off the East coast of Scotland. On 17 March 1792, in the Firth of Forth, the brig Paisley ran into Hales Castle, which sank. Paisley rescued three of Hales Castle's six crew and Martin rescued the other three.

Martin came under the command of Commander Richard Lane in February 1793, followed by Commander James Newman in May 1794 and then Commander Charles Garnier in August 1794. Commander William Lobb took over Martin in April 1795, during which time she served as a Royal escort for Princess Caroline of Brunswick. Samuel Sutton received promotion to Commander on 1 September 1795 and replaced Lobb.Martin departed Britain for the West coast of Africa on 10 December 1795, followed by a voyage to Jamaica.

Returning to British waters, on 14 February 1797 Martin and HMS Espion captured the privateer Buonaparte in the North Sea. Buonaparte was armed with sixteen 6-pounder guns (eight of which she threw overboard during the chase), and one long 12-pounder gun. She had a crew of 110, of whom 82 were on board. She had sailed from Cherburg on the 1st of the month, but had captured only a sloop in ballast, which the British were able to recapture.

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