HMS Attack (1804)

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Attack
Ordered9 January 1804
BuilderRobert Adams, Chapel, Southampton
Laid downMarch 1804
Launched9 August 1804
CommissionedAugust 1804
Captured19 August 1812
General characteristics
Class & typeArcher-class gunbrig
Tons burthen180 18⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • Overall: 80 ft 1+3⁄4 in (24.4 m)
  • Keel: 65 ft 11+1⁄4 in (20.1 m)
Beam22 ft 8 in (6.9 m)
Draught9 ft 5 in (2.9 m)
Complement50
Armament10 × 18-pounder carronades + 2 × 18-pounder chase guns

HMS Attack was launched in 1804 as a later Archer-class gunbrig. Danish gunboats captured Attack in August 1812.

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