HMS Favorite (1806)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Favorite
Ordered	30 November 1805
Builder	Jabez Bailey, Ipswich
Laid down	February 1806
Launched	13 September 1806
Fate	Broken up February 1821
General characteristics
Tons burthen	4273⁄94(bm)
Length	Overall:108 ft 9+1⁄2 in (33.2 m) Keel:91 ft 2+5⁄8 in (27.8 m)
Beam	29 ft 8 in (9.0 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft 0 in (2.7 m)
Sail plan	Ship-sloop
Complement	121
Armament	Upper deck: 16 × 32-pounder carronades QD:6 × 18-pounder carronades Fc:2 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Favorite was an 18-gun Cormorant-class ship-sloop, launched in 1806 and broken up in 1821. In her career she sailed as far North America, the Caribbean, Africa, South America, and the Far East. She captured or recaptured several merchant ships and a handful of privateers.