HMS Eugenie (1804)

History
Great Britain
NameFriends
BuilderIpswich
Launched1800
FateSold in 1804
United Kingdom
NameHMS Eugenie
Acquiredin 1804 by purchase
FateSold in 1810
United Kingdom
NameFriends
Owner
  • 1810:Stevenson
  • 1825:Taylor
Acquiredin 1810 by purchase
FateLast listed in 1830
General characteristics
Tons burthen2412694 (bm)
Length
  • Overall:90 ft 6 in (27.6 m)
  • Keel:73 ft 1 in (22.3 m)
Beam26 ft 6 in (8.1 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 0 in (5.2 m)
Sail planBrig
Complement65
Armament

HMS Eugenie was launched at Ipswich in 1800 as the mercantile Friends. She sailed as a West Indiaman between London and Jamaica until the British Royal Navy purchased her in 1804. By 1807 the Navy had withdrawn her from service, and in 1810 it sold her. She then returned to mercantile service having resumed the name Friends. She was last listed in 1830.