HMS Quail (1817)

British naval cutter or schooner (1817–1829)

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

History
United Kingdom
Name| HMS Quail
Ordered| 23 May 1816
Builder| Deptford Dockyard (M/shipwright William Stone)
Laid down| August 1816
Launched| 3 January 1817
Fate| Break up completed 8 April 1829
General characteristics [1]
Class and type| Quail-class schooners
Tons burthen| 8261⁄94 (bm)
Length|

* Overall:55 ft 8 in (17.0 m)
* Keel:44 ft 7+1⁄8 in (13.6 m)

Beam| 18 ft 7 in (5.7 m)
Depth of hold| 7 ft 6 in (2.3 m)
Sail plan| Cutter
Complement| 30
Armament| 4 × 12-pounder carronades \+ 2 × 1⁄2-pounder swivel guns

HMS Quail was launched at Deptford in 1817 as the name ship of her class of schooners. She herself may have been cutter-rigged. She was broken up in 1829.

Between 14 December 1819 and 14 January 1821 Quail served as a ship's tender to HMS Albion. She made a number of seizures of smugglers and their vessels.[a] For other seizures made between 28 December 1820 and 13 December 1821 prize money was paid in June 1822.[b] The next payment was for seizures between 23 February and 10 May 1822.[c] The last payment was for seizures between 9 September 1822 and 10 December 1823.[d]

On 31 January 1822 the Admiralty ordered Quail be renamed Providence; it rescinded the order on 11 April 1822.[1]

Disposal: The "Principal Officers and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy" offered the "Quail cutter, of 82 tons", "lying at Portsmouth" for sale on 11 July 1827.[6] She did not sell then or on a number of later offer dates. She was finally broken up on 8 April 1829.[1]

## Notes

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1. ^ Prize money was paid in June 1821. A first-class share, that of Albion's captain, was £88 12s 4d; a sixth-class share, that of an ordinary seaman on Albion, was worth £1 11s 3+3⁄4d. At the same time, a second class share for the lieutenant commanding Quail was worth £25 16s 10+1⁄4d; a sixth-class share for an ordinary seaman on Quail was worth £2 10s 11+1⁄4d.[2]
2. ^ A first-class share on Albion was worth £32 16s 9d and a sixth-class share was worth 10s 9d. A second-class share on Quail was worth £8 15s 1+1⁄4d and a sixth-class share was worth 7s 4+3⁄4d.[3]
3. ^ A first-class share on Albion was worth £6 19s 11d and a sixth-class share was worth 2s 5+1⁄4d. A second-class share on Quail was worth £1 17s 3+1⁄2d and a sixth-class share was worth 3s 9+3⁄4d.[4]
4. ^ A first-class share on Albion was worth £17 7s 6d and a sixth-class share was worth 4s 2+1⁄4d. A second-class share on Quail was worth £1 8s 7d and a sixth-class share was worth 6s 1+1⁄2d.[5]

## Citations

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1. ^ a b c Winfield (2014), p. 269.
2. ^ "No. 17711". The London Gazette. 29 May 1821. p. 1158.
3. ^ "No. 17820". The London Gazette. 25 May 1822. p. 871.
4. ^ "No. 17877". The London Gazette. 10 December 1822. p. 2028.
5. ^ "No. 18019". The London Gazette. 17 April 1824. p. 623.
6. ^ "No. 18372". The London Gazette. 22 June 1827. p. 1346.

## References

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* Winfield, Rif (2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1817–1863: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-169-4.