// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy was HMS Repulse a bad ship? It always repulsed passengers.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Repulse.

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Repulse
Acquired	3 February 1794 (by purchase)
Fate	Broken up 1795
General characteristics
Type	Hoy
Tons burthen	54 (bm)
Length	63 ft 0 in (19.20 m) (overall) 55 ft 2 in (16.8 m) (keel)
Beam	13 ft 7+1⁄2 in (4.153 m)
Depth of hold	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	sloop
Complement	30
Armament	1 × 24-pounder gun + 3 × 32-pounder carronades

HMS Repulse was a Dutch hoy that the Admiralty purchased in 1794. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy in March 1794 under Lieutenant George Hill. She and several of her sister ships – (Lion, Eagle, Scorpion, and Tiger) – formed part of a short-lived squadron under Philippe d'Auvergne at Jersey.

In 1795 she served in the Channel under the command of Lieutenant Jackson Dowsing. The navy sold her in April 1795 for breaking up.

References

• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.