HMS Kangaroo (1805)

History

Great Britain
Name:	HMS Kangaroo
Builder:	Joseph Brindley, Lynn
Laid down:	August 1803
Launched:	19 September 1805
General characteristics
Class and type:	Sloop
Tons burthen:	369 ⁴⁰⁄₉₄ bm
Length:	106 ft 1 in (32.3 m) (gundeck) 87 ft 6.5 in (26.7 m) (keel)
Beam:	28 ft 2 in (8.6 m)
Depth of hold:	13 ft 9.5 in (4.20 m)
Complement:	121

HMS Kangaroo was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1805.

She captured the French privateer Egayant on 20 November 1808. Sold on 14 December 1815.

References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.

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