HMS Linnet (1814)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Linnet and USS Linnet.
HMS Linnet was a 16-gun brig, built in 1814 by the Royal Navy at Ile aux Noix, Canada, as Niagara. Renamed Linnet and commanded by Commander Daniel Pring, RN, she served on Lake Champlain during the War of 1812. The Americans captured her in 1814 at the Battle of Lake Champlain at Plattsburgh, New York, and took her into service though she never sailed again. She was sold in 1825.
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Linnet |
Builder | Isle de Noix, Lake Champlain |
Launched | April 1814 |
Captured | 11 September 1814 |
United States | |
Name | USS Linnet |
Acquired | By capture, 11 September 1814 |
Fate | Sold 1825 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | 16-gun brig-sloop |
Tons burthen | 350 (bm) |
Length | 82 ft 6 in (25.1 m) |
Beam | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
Depth of hold | 6 ft 8 in (2.0 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Brig |
Complement | 99 |
Armament | 16 × 12-pounder guns |
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