HMS Sappho (1806)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Sappho.
HMS Sappho was a Cruizer class brig-sloop built by Jabez Bailey at Ipswich and launched in 1806. She defeated the Danish brig Admiral Yawl in a single-ship action during the Gunboat War,[lower-alpha 1] and then had a notably successful two months of prize-taking in the first year of the War of 1812. She was wrecked in 1825 off the Canadian coast and then broken up in 1830.
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HMS Sappho capturing the Danish brig Admiral Jawl | |
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Name | HMS Sappho |
Namesake | Sappho - Greek poet |
Ordered | 27 January 1806 |
Builder | Jabez Bayley, Ipswich |
Laid down | April 1806 |
Launched | 15 December 1806 |
Honours and awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Sappho 2 March 1808" |
Fate | Broken up 1830 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cruizer class brig-sloop |
Tons burthen | 383 64⁄94 (bm) |
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Beam | 30 ft 6 in (9.3 m) |
Depth of hold | 12 ft 9 in (3.9 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Brig |
Complement | 121 |
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