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Brig of the Royal Navy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Recruit was a 12-gun iron-hulled sailing brig of the Royal Navy, constructed by the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company and launched in 1846.
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Recruit |
Ordered | 6 May 1844 |
Builder | Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company |
Launched | 10 June 1846 |
Fate | Sold 28 August 1849 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Brig |
Tons burthen | 462 bm[1] |
Length |
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Beam | 30 ft 8.5 in (9.360 m) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Armament | 12 guns, comprising 2 × 18-pounder guns and 10 × 32-pounder guns. |
Recruit was the first iron-hulled vessel to be built for the Admiralty, and the Royal Navy's only iron-hulled sailing ship. She was sold back to her builders, Ditchburn and Mare on 28 August 1849, and was resold in 1852 to the General Screw Steam Shipping Company and converted into a screw steamer for the East Indian and Cape mail service, and renamed SS Harbinger.
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