HMS Tweed (1807)

History
United Kingdom
Ordered30 November 1805
BuilderThomas Ireonger, Littlehampton
Laid downMarch 1806
Launched19 January 1807
FateWrecked 5 November 1813
General characteristics
Class & typeCormorant-class ship-sloop (Revived)
Tons burthen43083⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • Overall:109 ft 1 in (33.2 m)
  • Keel:91 ft 3+1⁄4 in (27.8 m)
Beam29 ft 9+1⁄2 in (9.1 m)
Depth of hold9 ft 0 in (2.7 m)
Complement121
Armament
  • Upper deck: 16 × 32-pounder carronades
  • QD: 6 × 18-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 6-pounder chase guns + 2 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Tweed was launched in 1807. On the Jamaica station she captured two small privateers and several merchant vessels. On the North Sea station she captured one small privateers and several merchant vessels. She was wrecked on 5 November 1813 with the loss of more than half her crew.

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