HMS Terror (1759)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Terror |
| Ordered | 21 September 1758 |
| Builder | John Barnard, Harwich |
| Laid down | 7 October 1758 |
| Launched | 16 January 1759 |
| Fate | Sold 9 August 1774 |
| Notes | Hackman conflates this Union with the Union that had been Squirrel |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | Union |
| Owner |
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| Acquired | 1774 by purchase |
| Fate | Wrecked 20 May 1782 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Infernal-class bomb ketch |
| Tons burthen | 30183⁄94 or 305, or 315 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 27 ft 8 in (8.4 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 1 in (3.7 m) |
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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.