HMS Recruit (1829)

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Recruit
Ordered25 March 1823
BuilderHM Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid downFebruary 1825
Launched17 August 1829
FateFoundered with loss of all hands in 1832
General characteristics
Class & typeCherokee-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen2343794 bm
Length90 ft 1 in (27.5 m) (gundeck)
Beam24 ft 9 in (7.5 m)
Draught9 ft 6 in (2.9 m)
Depth of hold11 ft (3.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planBrig rig
Complement52
Armament

HMS Recruit was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s. Completed in 1831, she was lost with all hands in the North Atlantic the following year.