Marine Heritage Database

HMS Chubb - 1812

Ship Type

Typical Profile

Tonnage

80

Length(ft)

56

Breadth(ft)

18

Depth(ft)

9

Masts

2

Decks

Hull

Wood

Shipwreck Details

Description

Class was similar to a Bermuda dispatch boat, an innovative design of fast schooners.

Vessel Type

Schooner, 4 guns

Type of Event

Loss

Nature of Event

Capsized

Cause of Event

Unknown

Date of Wreck

1812-08-14

Location

Halifax, off

Cargo

Lives Lost

Voyage from

Voyage to

Remarks

All hands lost. According to Cochkanoff, the vessel was stationed with the blockade of the American fleet at the time of sinking.

Ship Construction

Built at

Bermuda

Date

1807/05

Registered at

United Kingdom

Date

Propulsion

Sail

Rig

Schooner

Details

Ballahoo Class Schooner, hull was cedar, 4 guns, 12 pounders

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