HMS Recruit (1829)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Recruit.
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Recruit |
| Ordered: | 25 March 1823 |
| Builder: | HM Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Laid down: | February 1825 |
| Launched: | 17 August 1829 |
| Fate: | Foundered with loss of all hands in 1832 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen: | 237 bm in Cherokee |
| Length: | 90 ft 0 in (27.43 m) (gundeck) 73 ft 7.625 in (22.44408 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
| Draught: | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Complement: | 75 |
| Armament: | 2 × 6-pounder guns (bow) + 8 × 18-pounder carronades |
HMS Recruit was a Cherokee-class brig-sloop built at the HM Portsmouth Dockyard, and launched on 17 August 1829. She was lost on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall for Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America in 1832 without trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[1]
References
- ↑ "Ship News". The Morning Post (19257). 28 August 1832.