HMS Milbrook (1798)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Milbrook.

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Milbrook
Ordered1797
BuilderHobbs & Hellyer, Redbridge
Laid down1797
Launched1798
FateWrecked 25 March 1808
General characteristics
TypeExperimental design
Tons burthen148 (bm)
Length
  • 81 ft 8+1⁄2 in (24.9 m) (overall)
  • 57 ft 6 in (17.5 m) (keel)
Beam21 ft 0 in (6.4 m)
Depth of hold9 ft 8 in (2.9 m)
Sail planSchooner
Complement50
Armament16 × 18-pounder carronades; later 12

HMS Milbrook (or Millbrook) was one of six vessels built to an experimental design by Sir Samuel Bentham. After the Royal Navy took her into service in her decade-long career she took part in one notable single-ship action and captured several privateers and other vessels, all off the coast of Spain and Portugal. She was wrecked off the coast of Portugal in 1808.

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