HMS Mosquidobit (1813)

Modern replica of Lynx off Morro Bay, 2007
History
United States
NameLynx
BuilderThomas Kemp, Fells Point, Baltimore
Completed1812
Commissioned14 July 1812 (Comm. #325)
Stricken13 April 1813
FateCaptured by the Royal Navy
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameMosquidobit
AcquiredBy capture 13 April 1813
FateSold 13 January 1820
General characteristics [1]
TypeTopsail schooner
Tons burthen2239294 (bm)
Length
  • 97 ft 7 in (29.7 m) (overall);
  • 73 ft 1+14 in (22.3 m) (keel)
Beam24 ft 0 in (7.3 m)
Depth of hold10 ft 3 in (3.1 m)
PropulsionSail
Complement
  • Lynx: 40
  • Musquidobit: 50
Armament
  • Lynx: 6 × 12-pounder guns
  • Musquidobit: 8 × 18-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder guns
Lower deck plans

HMS Mosquidobit (sometimes Musquedobet or Musquidobit) was the Chesapeake-built six-gun schooner Lynx that the British Royal Navy captured and took into service in 1813. She was sold into commercial service in 1820 and nothing is known of her subsequent fate.

  1. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 368.