| HMS Redbreast (1805) | |
|---|---|
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
| Name: | HMS Redbreast |
| Builder: | John Preston,[1] Great Yarmouth |
| Launched: | 27 April 1805[2] |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
| Name: | HMC Redbreast |
| In service: | 1815[2] |
| Out of service: | 1830[2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Brig |
| Tons burthen: | 178 tons BM[2] |
| Armament: | 12 guns[2] |
HMS Redbreast was a 12 gun Archer-class brig of the British Royal Navy.[2]
She operated in the channel until 1808, when she took part in the Baltic expedition.[1] Detachments from her crew and other ships manned two gunboats in August 1808 on the Jade and Weser rivers where they captured a Danish privateer, Mosin, and a Dutch gunboat.[1] In 1811 she was part of a squadron sent to support a Russian attack on Fort Napoleon at Cuxhaven.[1] In 1814 the ship was rerated as a sloop, so that her captain since 1808, Sir George Mouat Keith, could continue to command her on his promotion from lieutenant to commander.[1]
In 1815 she was converted to a customs hulk,[2] and in 1830 a lazaretto for the Quarantine Service at Liverpool.[2] The ship was sold in 1850.[2]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "HMS Redbreast". Age of Nelson. http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/info.php?ref=1864. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "HMS Redbreast". P. Benyon Naval Database. http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/R/03840.html. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
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