HMS Grenville (1754)

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

History
NameGrenville
Launched1754
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Grenville
FateBroken up in March 1775
General characteristics
Tons burthen67 tons [1]
Armament12 guns[1]

HMS Grenville, was a schooner built in Marblehead, Massachusetts,[2] and originally named Sally. The ship was purchased and renamed Grenville (for the British Prime Minister George Grenville) by Thomas Graves, Governor of Newfoundland on 7 August 1763 in Newfoundland.[1] From 1763 to 1767 English surveyor and explorer James Cook commanded Grenville, his first independent command.[3] Each summer season he used the ship to survey the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador, making detailed maps. The following year, 1768, he began his first circumnavigation of the world.

In 1770 Grenville brought troops to Tobago from Barbados and they, together with troops from Fort Granby, helped suppress a slave rebellion.[4]

The ship was broken up in March 1775.[5]

Citations[]

  1. ^ a b c Robson. Page 136
  2. ^ Winfield (2007), p. 326.
  3. ^ Marquardt, p.115
  4. ^ Craton (2009), p. 155.
  5. ^ Marquardt, p.33

References[]

  • Craton, Michael (2009). Testing the Chains: Resistance to Slavery in the British West Indies. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0801412523.
  • Karl Heinz Marquardt (2003). The Global Schooner: Origins, Development, Design and Construction, 1695-1845. US Naval Institute Press.
  • Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1844157006.
  • John Robson (2009). Captain Cook’s War and Peace: The Royal Navy years, 1755-1768. Seaforth Publishing.
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