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
France
NameMosambique
Launched1798
Captured13 March 1804
United Kingdom
NameHMS Mosambique
AcquiredBy capture 13 March 1804
Honours and
awards
Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Martinique"
FateSold 1810
General characteristics
Typeschooner
Displacement110 tons (French)
Tons burthen112½ bm (by calculation)
Length
  • 67 ft 6 in (20.6 m) (overall)
  • 52 ft 0 in (15.8 m) (keel)
Beam20 ft 2 in (6.1 m)
Depth of hold8 ft 3 in (2.5 m)
Sail planSchooner
Complement50 (60 as privateer)
Armament
  • French service: 10 × 18-pounder, or 12-pounder carronades
  • British service: 10 × 12-pounder carronades
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