| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Galgo |
| Namesake | Galgo Español |
| Builder | Randall & Co. |
| Acquired | 2 March 1801 by purchase |
| Fate | Sold 1814 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | ship-sloop |
| Tons burthen | 353 bm |
| Length |
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| Beam | 28 ft 7 in (8.71 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | sloop |
| Complement | 75 men |
| Armament |
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HMS Galgo was the mercantile Garland, which the British Admiralty bought in 1801. She had a brief career in the Channel before she was laid-up in ordinary. She was refitted as a rocket ship in 1809, the Royal Navy's (and almost certainly the world's) first, and served as such but without distinction in the unsuccessful Walcheren Campaign.[2][a] She then was laid-up again before she was sold in 1814.
- ^ Winfield (2008), p. 269.
- ^ Winter (1990), p. 61.
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