HMS Podargus (1808)

Podargus
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Podargus
Ordered	30 March 1807
Builder	Portsmouth Dockyard (M/s Nicholas Diddams)
Laid down	November 1807
Launched	26 May 1808
Honours and awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Off Mardoe 6 July 1812"[1]
Fate	Sold 1833 for breaking up
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Crocus-class
Type	Brig-sloop
Tons burthen	25177⁄94 (bm)
Length	92 ft 0 in (28.0 m) (gundeck) 72 ft 8+1⁄4 in (22.2 m) (keel)
Beam	25 ft 6+1⁄4 in (7.8 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 8 in (3.9 m)
Sail plan	Brig rigged
Complement	86
Armament	2 × 6-pounder bow chasers 12 × 24-pounder carronades

HMS Podargus was a Crocus-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She participated in one major battle during the Gunboat War between Britain and Denmark. After the war she served at Saint Helena for five or six years. On her return to Britain in 1820 she was laid up; she was finally sold in 1833.