HMS Daphne (1806)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Daphne and Daphne (ship).

Daphne
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Daphne
Ordered30 January 1805
BuilderRobert Davy, Topsham
Laid downJuly 1805
FateSold 15 February 1816
General characteristics [1]
TypeBanterer-class post ship
Tons burthen53932⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • Overall:118 ft 2 in (36.0 m)
  • Keel:98 ft 9+5⁄8 in (30.1 m)
Beam32 ft 0+1⁄2 in (9.8 m)
Depth of hold10 ft 6 in (3.2 m)
PropulsionSail
Complement155
Armament
  • 1815
    • Upper deck:22 × 32-pounder carronades
    • QD:2 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 8-pounder carronades
    • Fc:2 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 8-pounder carronades
United Kingdom
NameDaphne
OwnerBlanshard & Co.[2]
Acquired1816 by purchase
FateLast listed 1824
General characteristics
Tons burthen553,[3] or 554[2] (bm)
PropulsionSail

HMS Daphne was launched at Topsham, England in 1806. During her naval career Daphne operated primarily in the Baltic where she took part in one notable cutting-out expedition, and captured one small privateer and numerous small Danish merchant vessels. In 1816 the Admiralty sold her after the end of the Napoleonic Wars and she became a merchant ship, while retaining the name Daphne. She made one voyage to Australia in 1819 transporting convicts. Thereafter she traded with India and was last listed in 1824.

  1. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 236.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference LR1816 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Hackman (2001), p. 267.