HMS North Star (1810)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS North Star.
HMS North Star was a ship launched in 1810 and spent much of her naval career on the Jamaica Station. The Navy sold her in 1817 and she became the merchantman Columbo. Columbo sailed between Britain and India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC) until she was damaged in 1822 while returning from Ceylon. She was condemned at Point de Galle and sold there for breaking up.
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS North Star |
Namesake | The North Star |
Ordered | 19 October 1805 |
Builder | Benjamin Tanner, Dartmouth (completed by John Cock after Tanner's bankruptcy) |
Laid down | May 1806 |
Launched | 21 April 1810 |
Fate | Sold 1817 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Columbo |
Namesake | Colombo |
Owner | Joad & Co.[1] |
Acquired | 1817 by purchase[1] |
Fate | Condemned 1822 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Revived Cormorant-class sloop |
Tons burthen | 43328⁄94 or 43820⁄94,[1] or 440[3] (bm) |
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Beam | 30 ft 1 in (9.2 m), or 30 ft 3 in (9.2 m)[1] |
Depth of hold | 9 ft 0 in (2.7 m) |
Complement | 121 (Royal Navy) |
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