HMS Recruit (1829)
HMS Recruit was a Cherokee-class brig-sloop built at the HM Portsmouth Dockyard, and launched on 17 August 1829. After departing Falmouth, Cornwall, England, bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America, in June 1832 she disappeared without trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[1]
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| 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 |
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| Type: | Brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen: | 237 bm in Cherokee |
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| 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 |
References
- "Ship News". The Morning Post (19257). 28 August 1832.
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