HMS Minorca (1805)

Minorca
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Minorca
NamesakeMenorca
Ordered24 October and 7 November 1803
BuilderJosiah & Thomas Brindley, King's Lynn
Laid downMay 1804
Launched14 June 1805
FateSold c.1814
General characteristics
TypeCruizer-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen385 (bm)
Length
  • 100 ft 2 in (30.5 m) (gundeck)
  • 77 ft 4+12 in (23.6 m) (keel)
Beam30 ft 8 in (9.3 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
Sail planBrig rigged
Complement121
Armament

HMS Minorca was a Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, launched in 1805. She served during the Napoleonic Wars in the Mediterranean and was broken up after an uneventful career.