HMS Muros (1806)

History
France
BuilderBordeaux
Launchedcirca 1804
Captured8 March 1806
United Kingdom
NameHMS Muros
Acquired1806 by purchase of a prize
FateWrecked 24 March 1808
General characteristics
Tons burthen4444⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • Overall:107 ft 11 in (32.9 m)
  • Keel:89 ft 8+7⁄8 in (27.4 m)
Beam30 ft 6 in (9.3 m)
Depth of hold14 ft 5+3⁄4 in (4.4 m)
Complement
  • Privateer:104
  • RN:140
Armament
  • Privateer:22 × 8-pounder + 8 ×6-pounder guns
  • RN:
    • Upper deck:2 × 12-pounder guns + 20 × 32-pounder carronades
    • QD:4 × 12-pounder carronades
    • Fc:2 × 12-pounder carronades

HMS Muros was the privateer Alcide, launched at Bordeaux in 1804. The British Royal Navy (RN) captured her in 1806 and later commissioned her. She wrecked in March 1808.

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