HMS Recruit (1806)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Recruit.
HMS Recruit was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, launched in 1806 at Sandwich, Kent. She is best known for an act of pique by Commander Warwick Lake, who marooned a seaman, and for an inconclusive but hard-fought ship action under Commander Charles John Napier against the French corvette Diligente. She captured a number of American vessels as prizes during the War of 1812 before being laid up in 1815 and sold for breaking up in 1822.
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Name | HMS Recruit |
Ordered | 27 January 1806 |
Builder | Andrew Hills, Sandwich, Kent |
Laid down | April 1806 |
Launched | 31 August 1806 |
Honours and awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Martinique"[1] |
Fate | Sold for breaking up 7 August 1822 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop |
Tons burthen | 38291⁄94 (bm) |
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Beam | 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m) |
Depth of hold | 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Brig-sloop |
Complement | 121 |
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