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| Name | HMS Ferret |
| Ordered | 27 November 1802 |
| Builder | Benjamin Tanner of Dartmouth |
| Launched | 4 January 1806 |
| Commissioned | March 1806 |
| Fate | Wrecked January 1813 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Cruizer-class brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen | 38730⁄94 (bm) |
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| Beam | 30 ft 8 in (9.3 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 9 in (3.9 m) |
| Sail plan | Brig |
| Complement | 121 |
| Armament | 18 cannons: 16 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder bow guns |
HMS Ferret was a Royal Navy Cruizer-class brig-sloop built by Benjamin Tanner at Dartmouth and launched in 1806, 19 months late.[1] She served on the Jamaica, Halifax, and Leith (North Sea) stations during which time she took three privateers as prizes before she was wrecked in 1813.
- ^ a b Winfield (2008), p. 292.