HMS Emulous (1806)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Emulous.
HMS Emulous was a Royal Navy 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop, built by William Row at Newcastle and launched in 1806.[2] She survived an inconclusive but bloody battle with a French frigate during the Napoleonic Wars and captured a number of prizes, including two privateers, on the Halifax station during the War of 1812 before she was wrecked in 1812.
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Name | HMS Emulous |
Ordered | 21 May 1805 |
Builder | William Rowe, St Peter's Yard, Newcastle[1] |
Laid down | December 1805 |
Launched | June 1806 |
Fate | Wrecked 1812 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop |
Tons burthen | 383 bm |
Length | 100 ft 0 in (30.5 m) (overall) 77 ft 4+3⁄4 in (23.6 m) (keel) |
Beam | 30 ft 6+1⁄4 in (9.3 m) |
Draught | 6 ft 10 in (2.1 m) (unladen) 11 ft 0 in (3.4 m) (laden) |
Depth of hold | 12 ft 9+1⁄2 in (3.9 m) |
Sail plan | Brig |
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