HMS Lion (1709 hoy)

	Admiralty plan of the hoy Lyon, 1709,
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Lion (or Lyon)
Builder	Deptford Dockyard (M/Shipwright Joseph Allin)
Launched	April 1709
Fate	Wrecked 1752
General characteristics
Type	Hoy
Tons burthen	107 92⁄94 (bm)
Length	Overall: 63 ft 11 in (19.48 m); Keel: 50 ft 9 in (15.5 m);
Beam	20 ft 0 in (6.10 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft 0 in (2.74 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	sloop
Armament	4 × 4-pounder guns + 4 × swivel guns

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HMS Lion (or Lyon) was a stores hoy launched in 1709. She was wrecked at Port Isaac on 26 August 1752.^[1]

Lion was under the command of Samuel Wakerel, master. All of her crew was saved, as was some of her cargo of lumber.^[2]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Winfield (2007), p. 367.
^ Hepper (1994), p. 39.

References

Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0948864303.
Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1844157006.

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[FOOTNOTEWinfield2007367-1] Winfield (2007), p. 367.

[FOOTNOTEHepper199439-2] Hepper (1994), p. 39.

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