HMS Magnet (1807)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Magnet.
HMS Magnet was a Cruizer-class brig-sloop built at Robert Guillaume’s yard at Northam and launched in 1807.[1] She served in the Baltic, where she took two prizes, one an armed privateer, before wrecking in 1809.
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Royal Navy | |
Name | HMS Magnet |
Ordered | 1 October 1806 |
Builder | Robert Guillaume, Northam, Southampton |
Launched | 19 October 1807 |
Fate | Wrecked 11 January 1809 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Cruizer-class brig-sloop |
Tons burthen | 38241⁄94 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 30 ft 6 in (9.3 m) |
Depth of hold | 12 ft 9 in (3.9 m) |
Sail plan | Brig rigged |
Complement | 121 |
Armament | 16 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder chase guns |
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