HMS Reynard 1851
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Marker: recorded wreck position (Steam era).
Key facts
| Name | HMS Reynard | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1851 | English Wikipedia lead text (year following a loss verb, parsed) |
| Era | Steam era | derived from year |
| Ship type | screw sloop | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Nationality / flag | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata P8047 country of registry |
| Operator | Royal Navy | Wikidata P137 operator |
| Sea / ocean | South China Sea | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Position | 20.6119, 116.8612 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
HMS Reynard was part of the 1847 Program, she was ordered on 25 April as a steam schooner from Deptford Dockyard with the name 'Plumper'. The vessel was reordered on 12 August as an 8-gun sloop as designed by John Edye. She was launched in 1848, conducted anti-piracy work in Chinese waters and was wrecked near Pratas Island in the South China Sea on 31 May 1851.
Reynard was the seventh named vessel (spelt Renard or Reynard) since it was introduced for a 18-gun sloop captured from the French in May 1780 by HMS Brune in the West Indies and broken in 1784.
Location
- Recorded position: 20.6119, 116.8612 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: South China Sea
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article HMS Reynard (1848) (revision 1374839350), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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