| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Renard |
| Builder | John Cuthbert, Millers Point, New South Wales |
| Launched | 16 January 1873 |
| Fate | Sold in March 1883. |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | Beagle-class schooner |
| Tons burthen | 120 bm |
| Length | 77 ft 0 in (23.5 m) |
| Beam | 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m) |
| Depth of hold | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
| Sail plan | Schooner |
| Complement | 27 |
| Armament | 1 x 12-pounder gun |
HMS Renard was a schooner of the Royal Navy, built by John Cuthbert, Millers Point, New South Wales and launched 16 January 1873.[2]
She commenced service on the Australia Station at Sydney in 1873 for anti-blackbirding operations in the South Pacific and later hydrographic surveys around Chesterfield Islands, Fiji and the Russell Islands.[2] She ran aground on an uncharted reef in late 1874. Her captain was deemed blameless in the matter of the grounding.[3] Under the command of Captain Pugh, she was engaged in anti-blackbirding operations in 1876 and visited Nukufetau in the Ellice Islands in search of Bully Hayes, who was notorious for his blackbirding activities.[4][5]
She was paid off in 1883 and sold.[2] She was then employed in the Solomon Islands trade.