HMS Seagull (1805)

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

Ship plan of Seagull
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Seagull
Ordered12 December 1804
BuilderJohn King, Dover
Laid downJanuary 1803
Launched1 July 1805
Captured19 June 1808
Denmark-Norway
NameSeagull
Acquired19 June 1808 (by capture)
FateTransferred to Norway 1814
Norway
NameSeagull
Acquired1814 (by transfer)
Decommissioned1817
General characteristics
TypeSeagull-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen284 86⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 93 ft 1+1⁄4 in (28.4 m) (overall)
  • 76 ft 1+3⁄4 in (23.2 m) (keel)
Beam26 ft 6 in (8.1 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 0 in (3.7 m)
Sail planBrig
Complement95
Armament
  • British service: 14 × 24-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder bow guns
  • Danish service: 16 × short 18-pounder guns + 2 × 6-pounder bow guns

HMS Seagull was a 16-gun Seagull-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 1 July 1805 and saw active service in Danish waters until 19 June 1808 when Dano-Norwegian forces captured her. Though she sank shortly after being captured, the Danes raised her and refitted her for service in the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy, which she served until the end of the English Wars in 1814. She then was transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy before being decommissioned in 1817.

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