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HMS Lion (1709 hoy)

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Name
  
HMS Lion (or Lyon)

Type
  
Hoy

Beam
  
20 ft 0 in (6.10 m)

Builder
  
Deptford Dockyard

Fate
  
Wrecked 1752

Tonnage
  
107  ⁄94 (bm)

Launched
  
April 1709

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Length
  
63 ft 11 in (19.48 m) (overall) 50 ft 9 in (15.5 m) (keel)

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

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

References

HMS Lion (1709 hoy) Wikipedia