HMS Recruit (1806)
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| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Recruit |
| Ordered | 27 January 1806 |
| Builder | Andrew Hills, Sandwich, Kent |
| Laid down | April 1806 |
| Launched | 31 August 1806 |
| Honours & awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Martinique" |
| Fate | Sold for breaking up 7 August 1822 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen | 38291⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Brig-sloop |
| Complement | 121 |
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HMS Recruit was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, launched in 1806 at Sandwich, Kent. She is best known for an act of pique by Commander Warwick Lake, who marooned a seaman, and for an inconclusive but hard-fought ship action under Commander Charles John Napier against the French corvette Diligente. She captured a number of American vessels as prizes during the War of 1812 before being laid up in 1815 and sold for breaking up in 1822.