HMS Hazard (1744)

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Hazard
Ordered	4 April 1744
Builder	John Buxton, Snr, Rotherhithe
Laid down	26 April 1744
Launched	11 December 1744
Completed	2 March 1745 at Deptford Dockyard
Commissioned	November 1744
Fate	Sold in 1749
General characteristics
Class and type	Merlin-class sloop
Tons burthen	272 83⁄94 bm
Length	92 ft 3.75 in (28.1 m) (gundeck) 74 ft 11.125 in (22.8 m) (keel)
Beam	26 ft 2 in (8.0 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 0 in (3.66 m)
Sail plan	Snow brig
Complement	110
Armament	10 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Hazard was a 14-gun Merlin-class sloop launched in 1744. She was captured in November 1745 by Jacobite forces in Montrose harbour and was sailed to Dunkirk and was renamed Le Prince Charles.

In March 1746, the ship was carrying £13,000 in gold, arms and other supplies to Inverness, when she was intercepted and was chased by HMS Sheerness, which recaptured Le Prince Charles in the Kyle of Tongue on 26 March.

Reverting to her previous name Hazard, she was sold in 1749.

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