History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Martin
Ordered	27 November 1802
Builder	Benjamin Tanner, Dartmouth
Laid down	September 1803
Launched	1 January 1805
Fate	Lost, presumed foundered, August 1806
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Merlin-class sloop
Tons burthen	36780⁄94 (bm)
Length	Overall:106 ft 0 in (32.3 m) Keel:87 ft 8+1⁄4 in (26.7 m)
Beam	28 ft 1 in (8.6 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 9 in (4.2 m)
Complement	121
Armament	Upper deck:16 × 32-pounder carronades QD:6 × 12-pounder carronades Fc:2 × 12-pounder guns

HMS Martin was launched in 1805 at Dartmouth. Commander Roger Savage commissioned her in February and sailed for the Mediterranean on 18 April.^[1]

Between 6 July and 18 August Martin detained and sent into Gibraltar two American vessels: Argus, Chamberlain, from Cadiz to Virginia, and Diana, Simmons, from Malaga to Boston.^[2]

Commander Robert Prowse assumed command in January 1806. On 29 March Martin arrived at Plymouth from Malta. She sailed from Falmouth for Lisbon on 3 May and then on to Newfoundland.^[1] On 6 May Martin captured the Prussian ship Mercurius.^[3]

On 7 July Martin arrived at Plymouth from the St Lawrence River. Martin sailed for Barbados in August 1806 and disappeared. It was presumed that she had foundered with all hands.^[4]

• Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3. OCLC 622348295.
• 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.