HMS Harpy (1796)
Harpy | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Harpy |
| Ordered | 4 & 18 March 1795 |
| Builder | Thomas King, Dover |
| Laid down | May 1795 |
| Launched | February 1796 |
| Commissioned | 22 February to 7 May 1795 |
| Honours & awards |
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| Fate | Sold 1817 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Diligence-class brig-sloop |
| Type | 18-gun brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen | 31613⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 28 ft 1+1⁄2 in (8.6 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 0+1⁄2 in (3.7 m) |
| Sail plan | Brig |
| Complement | 121 |
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HMS Harpy was a Royal Navy Diligence-class brig-sloop, launched in 1796 and sold in 1817. She was the longest lived vessel of her class, and the most widely travelled. She served in both the battle of Copenhagen and the British invasion of Java, took part in several actions, one of which won for her crew a clasp to the Naval General Service Medal, and captured numerous privateers. The Navy sold her in 1817.