HMS Redwing (1806)

Redwing
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Redwing
Ordered	24 January 1806
Builder	Matthew Warren, Brightlingsea
Launched	30 August 1806
Commissioned	October 1806
Honours and awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasps "Redwing 7 May 1808"[1] "Redwing 31 May 1808"[1] "2 May Boat Service 1813"[2]
Fate	Foundered 1827
General characteristics
Class and type	Cruizer-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen	38346⁄94 (bm)[3]
Length	100 ft 0 in (30.5 m) (overall); 77 ft 3+1⁄2 in (23.6 m)
Beam	30 ft 6+1⁄2 in (9.3 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 10 in (3.9 m)
Sail plan	Brig
Complement	121
Armament	16 × 32-pounder carronades 2 × 6-pounder bow guns

HMS Redwing was a Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the British Royal Navy. Commissioned in 1806, she saw active service in the Napoleonic Wars, mostly in the Mediterranean, and afterwards served off the West Coast of Africa, acting to suppress the slave trade. She was lost at sea in 1827.