History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Woodcock |
Ordered | 11 December 1805 |
Builder | Crane & Holmes, Great Yarmouth |
Laid down | February 1806 |
Launched | 11 April 1806 |
Fate | Wrecked 13 February 1807 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Cuckoo-class schooner |
Tons burthen | 751⁄94 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 18 ft 5 in (5.6 m) |
Draught |
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Depth of hold | 8 ft 5 in (2.6 m) |
Sail plan | Schooner |
Complement | 20 |
Armament | 4 × 12-pounder Carronades |
HMS Woodcock was a Royal Navy Cuckoo-class schooner. Crane & Holmes built and launched her at Great Yarmouth in 1806. [1] Like many of her class and the related Ballahoo-class schooners, she succumbed to the perils of the sea relatively early in her career.
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