HMS Mosambique (1804)
HMS Mosambique was the French privateer schooner Mosambique, built in 1798, and commissioned as a privateer in 1804. The British Royal Navy captured her in 1804 and took her into service. She served in the West Indies, engaging in several indecisive single-ship actions before she captured one French privateer. She was sold there in 1810.
History | |
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France | |
Name | Mosambique |
Launched | 1798 |
Captured | 13 March 1804 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Mosambique |
Acquired | By capture 13 March 1804 |
Honours and awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Martinique" |
Fate | Sold 1810 |
General characteristics | |
Type | schooner |
Displacement | 110 tons (French) |
Tons burthen | 112½ bm (by calculation) |
Length |
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Beam | 20 ft 2 in (6.1 m) |
Depth of hold | 8 ft 3 in (2.5 m) |
Sail plan | Schooner |
Complement | 50 (60 as privateer) |
Armament |
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