HMS Netley (1798)

HMS Netley was launched in 1798 with an experimental design. During the French Revolutionary Wars she spent some years on the Oporto station, where she captured many small privateers. The French captured her in 1806, early in the Napoleonic Wars. They lengthened her and she became the 17-gun privateer Duquesne. In 1807 the British recaptured her and the Royal Navy returned her to service as the 12-gun gun-brig HMS Unique. She was expended in an unsuccessful fire ship attack at Guadeloupe in 1809.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Netley and HMS Unique.

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Netley
NamesakeVillage of Netley
BuilderHobbs & Hellyer, Redbridge
AcquiredApril 1798 by purchase on launch
FateCaptured 1806
France
NameDuquesne
NamesakeAbraham Duquesne
Acquired1806 by capture
CapturedSeptember 1807
United Kingdom
NameHMS Unique
AcquiredSeptember 1807 by capture
FateExpended 1809 in a fire ship attack
General characteristics
Tons burthen22464⁄94 (bm)
Length73 ft 6 in (22.40 m) (overall); 54 ft 10+1⁄2 in (16.726 m) (keel)
Beam27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)
Depth of hold10 ft 10 in (3.30 m)
PropulsionSails
Complement
  • Netley:50
  • Dusquesne:120
  • Unique: n.a.
Armament
  • Netley:16 x 18-pounder carronades
  • Duquesne:16 x 24-pounder carronades, one "26-pounder long gun", and four swivel guns
  • Unique: 12 cannons
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