HMS Mosambique (1804)

History
France
NameMosambique
Launched1798
Captured13 March 1804
United Kingdom
NameHMS Mosambique
AcquiredBy capture 13 March 1804
Honours &
awards
Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Martinique"
FateSold 1810
General characteristics
Typeschooner
Displacement110 tons (French)
Tons burthen112½ bm (by calculation)
Length
  • 67 ft 6 in (20.6 m) (overall)
  • 52 ft 0 in (15.8 m) (keel)
Beam20 ft 2 in (6.1 m)
Depth of hold8 ft 3 in (2.5 m)
Sail planSchooner
Complement50 (60 as privateer)
Armament
  • French service: 10 × 18-pounder, or 12-pounder carronades
  • British service: 10 × 12-pounder carronades

HMS Mosambique was the French privateer schooner Mosambique, built in 1798, and commissioned as a privateer in 1804. The British Royal Navy captured her in 1804 and took her into service. She served in the West Indies, engaging in several indecisive single-ship actions before she captured one French privateer. She was sold there in 1810.