HMS Terror (1759)

HMS Terror was an 8-gun bomb ketch launched in 1759 for the British Royal Navy that it sold in 1774. New owners renamed her Union. She made two voyages as a Greenland whaler before becoming a London-based transport. She remained a transport until she was lost on 20 May 1782 off the Malabar coast of India.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Terror and List of ships named Union.

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Terror
Ordered21 September 1758
BuilderJohn Barnard, Harwich
Laid down7 October 1758
Launched16 January 1759
FateSold 9 August 1774
NotesHackman conflates this Union with the Union that had been Squirrel
Great Britain
NameUnion
Owner
  • c.1775:Peter Mestaer
  • 1776:J.Montgomery
Acquired1774 by purchase
FateWrecked 20 May 1782
General characteristics
Class and typeInfernal-class bomb ketch
Tons burthen30183⁄94 or 305, or 315 (bm)
Length
  • Overall:91 ft 6 in (27.9 m)
  • Keel:74 ft 1+3⁄4 in (22.6 m)
Beam27 ft 8 in (8.4 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 1 in (3.7 m)
Complement
  • RN bomb ketch:60
  • RN sloop:110
Armament
  • RN bomb ketch: 6 × 6-pounder guns + 1 × 10" & 1 × 13" mortars
  • RN sloop: 14 × 6-pounder guns + 14 swivel guns
  • 1782:16 × 6-pounder guns
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