HMS Nimble
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Several vessels of the Royal Navy
have been named HMS Nimble.
was a purchased 12-gun cutter that ran aground in 1808 in Stangate Creek in the Medway and was then sold. was a Nimble-class 10-gun cutter commissioned under Lieutenant John Reynolds in 1812 that was wrecked on a sunken rock a half-dozen miles from the Sälö Beacon, Sweden, during a violent storm in the Kattegat
on 6 October 1812. Apparently, insufficient allowance had been made for the strong currents. was a purchased 12-gun cutter that was sold in 1816. was a 5-gun schooner employed off Cuba in the suppression of the slave trade until she was wrecked on 4 November 1834. The uncertainty of the rapid currents and the sound of the 272 captured slaves aboard drowning out the sound of the breakers led to her wrecking on a reef between Key Verde and the Old Bahama Channel. All her crew were saved, as were some 200 slaves. was a gunvessel of 5 guns that had a relatively uneventful career before she became a drill ship for the Royal Naval Reserve in 1890 and was disposed of in 1906. was a rescue tug launched in 1942 and sold in 1968.
cutter Princess Augusta
destroyed her on 5 March 1808.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
have been named HMS Nimble.
was a purchased 12-gun cutter that ran aground in 1808 in Stangate Creek in the Medway and was then sold. was a Nimble-class 10-gun cutter commissioned under Lieutenant John Reynolds in 1812 that was wrecked on a sunken rock a half-dozen miles from the Sälö Beacon, Sweden, during a violent storm in the Kattegat
Kattegat
The Kattegat , or Kattegatt is a sea area bounded by the Jutland peninsula and the Straits islands of Denmark on the west and south, and the provinces of Västergötland, Scania, Halland and Bohuslän in Sweden on the east. The Baltic Sea drains into the Kattegat through the Øresund and the Danish...
on 6 October 1812. Apparently, insufficient allowance had been made for the strong currents. was a purchased 12-gun cutter that was sold in 1816. was a 5-gun schooner employed off Cuba in the suppression of the slave trade until she was wrecked on 4 November 1834. The uncertainty of the rapid currents and the sound of the 272 captured slaves aboard drowning out the sound of the breakers led to her wrecking on a reef between Key Verde and the Old Bahama Channel. All her crew were saved, as were some 200 slaves. was a gunvessel of 5 guns that had a relatively uneventful career before she became a drill ship for the Royal Naval Reserve in 1890 and was disposed of in 1906. was a rescue tug launched in 1942 and sold in 1968.
Related vessels
There was a revenue cutter Nimble, of Deal, that the French captured and that became the French privateer Dunqerquois. The hired armedHired armed vessels
right|thumb|250px|Armed cutter, etching in the [[National Maritime Museum]], [[Greenwich]]During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the Royal Navy made use of a considerable number of hired armed vessels...
cutter Princess Augusta
Hired armed cutter Princess Augusta
The Hired armed cutter Princess Augusta served the Royal Navy from 12 July 1803 to 2 May 1814. She was armed with eight 4-pounder guns, had a complement of 26 men, and was of 70 tons burthen...
destroyed her on 5 March 1808.