HMS Podargus (1808)
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HMS Podargus was a Crocus-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She participated in one major battle during the Gunboat War between Britain and Denmark. After the war she served at Saint Helena for five or six years. On her return to Britain in 1820 she was laid up; she was finally sold in 1833.
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Podargus | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Podargus |
Ordered | 30 March 1807 |
Builder | Portsmouth Dockyard (M/s Nicholas Diddams) |
Laid down | November 1807 |
Launched | 26 May 1808 |
Honours and awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Off Mardoe 6 July 1812"[1] |
Fate | Sold 1833 for breaking up |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Crocus-class |
Type | Brig-sloop |
Tons burthen | 25177⁄94 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 25 ft 6+1⁄4 in (7.8 m) |
Depth of hold | 12 ft 8 in (3.9 m) |
Sail plan | Brig rigged |
Complement | 86 |
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