HMS Grasshopper (1806)
HMS Grasshopper was a Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1806, captured several vessels, and took part in two notable actions before the Dutch captured her in 1811. She then served The Netherlands navy until she was broken up in 1822.
Grasshopper | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Grasshopper |
| Ordered | 30 August and 31 October 1805 |
| Builder | Richards (Brothers) & (John) Davidson, Hythe |
| Laid down | April 1806 |
| Launched | 29 September 1806 |
| Commissioned | November 1806 |
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| Captured | 25 December 1811 |
| Netherlands, as part of France | |
| Name | Grasshopper |
| Acquired | December 1811 by capture |
| Renamed | Irene |
| Fate | Transferred to France December 1812 |
| France | |
| Acquired | Transferred from annexed Netherlands |
| Renamed | Irene on transfer |
| Captured | December 1813 |
| Kingdom of the Netherlands | |
| Acquired | December 1813 by capture |
| Renamed | HNLMS Irene (Dutch: Zr.Ms. Irene) |
| Fate | Broken up 1822 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen | 383 12⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 100 ft 0 in (30.5 m) (overall) 77 ft 2+5⁄8 in (23.5 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 30 ft 6+1⁄2 in (9.3 m) |
| Draught | 6 ft 6 in (2.0 m) (unladen) 10 ft 6 in (3.2 m) (laden) |
| Depth of hold | 13 ft 12 in (4.3 m) |
| Sail plan | Brig |
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