HMS Elizabeth (1805)

History
France
NameElizabeth
Captured1805
United Kingdom
NameHMS Elizabeth
Acquired1805 (by capture)
Honours and
awards
FateFoundered 1814
General characteristics [2]
TypeSchooner, later brig
Tons burthen
  • Schooner: 121 (bm)
  • Brig: 1405194 (bm)
Length
  • Schooner: 68 ft 8 in (20.9 m) (overall); 53 ft 3 in (16.2 m) (keel)
  • Brig: 72 ft 8 in (22.1 m) (overall); 57 ft 2 in (17.4 m) (keel)
Beam
  • Schooner:20 ft 8 in (6.3 m)
  • Brig:21 ft 6 in (6.6 m)
Depth of hold
  • Schooner:8 ft 4 in (2.5 m)
  • Brig:9 ft 0 in (2.7 m)
Sail planSchooner, later Brig
Complement
  • At capture:102
  • HM schooner:35
  • HM brig:55
Armament
  • At capture: 10 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 9-pounder carronades
  • HMS:10 × 12-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder chase guns

HMS Elizabeth was a French privateer schooner that the Royal Navy captured in 1805 and took into service under her existing name. She participated in an engagement and a campaign that earned her crews clasps to the Naval General Service Medal. She was lost with all hands in 1814 when she capsized in the West Indies.

  1. ^ a b "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 243.
  2. ^ Winfield (2008), pp. 364–5.