HMS Recruit (1846)

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

HMS Recruit was a 12-gun iron-hulled sailing brig of the Royal Navy, constructed by the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company and launched in 1846.

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Recruit
Ordered	6 May 1844
Builder	Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company
Launched	10 June 1846
Fate	Sold 28 August 1849
General characteristics
Class & type	Brig
Tons burthen	462 bm[1]
Length	114 ft 5 in (34.87 m) (gundeck) 92 ft 5 in (28.17 m) (keel)
Beam	30 ft 8.5 in (9.360 m)
Propulsion	Sail
Armament	12 guns, comprising 2 × 18-pounder guns and 10 × 32-pounder guns.

Recruit was the first iron-hulled vessel to be built for the Admiralty, and the Royal Navy's only iron-hulled sailing ship. She was sold back to her builders, Ditchburn and Mare on 28 August 1849, and was resold in 1852 to the General Screw Steam Shipping Company and converted into a screw steamer for the East Indian and Cape mail service, and renamed SS Harbinger.