HMS Staunch (1804)

History
Name:	HMS Staunch
Ordered:	9 January 1804
Builder:	Benjamin Tanner, Dartmouth, Devon
Launched:	21 August 1804
Commissioned:	September 1804
Fate:	Presumed foundered, June 1811
General characteristics
Class and type:	Archer-class gun-brig
Tons burthen:	177  31⁄94 bm
Length:	80 ft (24 m) (gundeck) 65 ft 10 1⁄4 in (20.1 m) (keel)
Beam:	22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
Depth of hold:	9 ft 5 in (2.87 m)
Sail plan:	Brig
Complement:	50
Armament:	10 × 18-pounder carronades + 2 × chase guns

HMS Staunch was a Royal Navy 12-gun Archer-class gun-brig, built by Benjamin Tanner and launched in 1804 at Dartmouth, Devon. She served in the Indian Ocean and participated in the Action of 18 September 1810 before she foundered with the loss of all hands in 1811.

Staunch was commissioned in September 1804 under Lieutenant Benjamin Street and was attached to the Channel Fleet. On 30 August 1806, Staunch sailed for the Cape of Good Hope, with orders to assist in the invasions of Buenos Aires and Montevideo. Staunch's crew landed and participated in the attack on the Montevideo, suffering losses in the battle (one killed and four wounded). Earlier, Staunch had captured a sloop and destroyed two others of a convoy going to the south shore for troops. When the British force was defeated, Staunch retired to the Cape of Good Hope.

In 1810, Staunch was attached to Commodore Josias Rowley's squadron on Île Bourbon and from there was part of the blockading force under Samuel Pym that was almost totally destroyed at the Battle of Grand Port (20–27 August 1810) over possession of the harbour of Grand Port on Isle de France (now Mauritius). Staunch had been sent back to Rowley for reinforcements and so was not with the squadron at its destruction.

Earlier, Staunch participated in the 10–17 August expeditions to capture the Île de la Passe. On 28 August Staunch, Boadicea, and Otter shared in the capture of the Garronne. On 4 September the same three vessels shared in the capture of the Ranger.

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