HMS Peruvian (1808)

Peruvian
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Peruvian
BuilderParson's Yard, Warsash
Launched1808
CommissionedMay 1808
DecommissionedJuly 1816
FateBroken up, February 1830
General characteristics
Class & typeCruizer-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen384 bm
Length100 ft 6 in (30.63 m) o/a
Beam30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)
Sail planBrig
Complement121
Armament

HMS Peruvian was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1808, at Parson's Yard, Warsash, England. She was the first naval vessel built at that yard. Peruvian captured two American privateers and participated in an expedition up the Penobscot River during the War of 1812. Then she claimed Ascension Island for Great Britain in 1815. She was broken up in 1830.