HMS Musquito (1804)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Musquito and HMS Mosquito.
HMS Musquito (or Mosquito). was a Royal Navy Cruizer-class brig-sloop built by John Preston at Great Yarmouth and launched in 1804.[1] She was commissioned in October 1804 under Commander Samuel Jackson.[1] She served in the North Sea and the Baltic, and Jackson supervised the first successful rocket attack in Europe at Boulogne in 1806. After the war she served off Africa and captured some slavers. She was broken up in 1822, having been laid up since 1818.
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Musquito | |
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Name | HMS Musquito |
Ordered | 27 November 1802 |
Laid down | May 1803 |
Launched | 4 September 1804 |
Fate | Sold 1822 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Cruizer-class brig-sloop |
Tons burthen | 384 51⁄94 bm |
Length |
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Beam | 30 ft 7 in (9.3 m) |
Depth of hold | 12 ft 9 in (3.9 m) |
Sail plan | Brig-rigged |
Complement | 20 |
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