HMS Primrose (1807)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Primrose.
HMS Primrose was a Royal Navy Cruizer-class brig-sloop built by Thomas Nickells (or Nicholls), at Fowey and launched in 1807.
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Name | HMS Primrose |
Ordered | 21 January 1806 |
Builder | Thomas Nickells, Fowey |
Launched | 5 August 1807 |
Commissioned | November 1807 |
Fate | Wrecked 22 January 1809 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Cruizer-class brig-sloop |
Tons burthen | 384 bm |
Length | Overall:100 ft 2+1⁄2 in (30.544 m) Keel:77 ft 6 in (23.62 m) |
Beam | 30 ft 6+1⁄4 in (9.303 m) |
Depth of hold | 12 ft 9+1⁄4 in (3.893 m) |
Sail plan | Brig |
Complement | 121 |
Armament | 16 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder bow guns |
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