HMS Musquito (1804)

HMS Musquito (or Mosquito). was a Royal Navy Cruizer-class brig-sloop built by John Preston at Great Yarmouth and launched in 1804. She was commissioned in October 1804 under Commander Samuel Jackson. She served in the North Sea and the Baltic, and Jackson supervised the first successful rocket attack in Europe at Boulogne in 1806. After the war she served off Africa and captured some slavers. She was broken up in 1822, having been laid up since 1818.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Musquito and HMS Mosquito.

Musquito
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Musquito
Ordered27 November 1802
Laid downMay 1803
Launched4 September 1804
FateSold 1822
General characteristics
Class and typeCruizer-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen384 51⁄94 bm
Length
  • 100 ft 0 in (30.5 m) (gundeck)
  • 77 ft 3+1⁄2 in (23.6 m) (keel)
Beam30 ft 7 in (9.3 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
Sail planBrig-rigged
Complement20
Armament
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