HMS Pigeon (1805)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Pigeon.
HMS Pigeon was the mercantile Fanny which the Admiralty purchased on 28 May 1805 for use as a despatch cutter.[1] She was wrecked, though without loss of life, in November.
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Name | HMS Pigeon |
Ordered | 11 December 1805 |
Launched | 1801 |
Acquired | ex-mercantile Fanny purchased 28 May 1805 |
Commissioned | May 1805 |
Fate | Wrecked 30 November 1805 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Despatch cutter |
Type | Schooner |
Tons burthen | 75 bm |
Length | 57 ft 7 in (17.55 m) |
Beam | 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Complement | 17 |
Armament | 4 × 12-pounder carronades |
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