HMS Minorca (1805)

HMS Minorca was a Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, launched in 1805. She served during the Napoleonic Wars in the Mediterranean and was broken up after an uneventful career.

Minorca
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Minorca
NamesakeMenorca
Ordered24 October and 7 November 1803
BuilderJosiah & Thomas Brindley, King's Lynn
Laid downMay 1804
Launched14 June 1805
FateSold c.1814
General characteristics
TypeCruizer-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen385 (bm)
Length
  • 100 ft 2 in (30.5 m) (gundeck)
  • 77 ft 4+12 in (23.6 m) (keel)
Beam30 ft 8 in (9.3 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
Sail planBrig rigged
Complement121
Armament
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