HMS Sappho (1806)

HMS Sappho capturing the Danish brig Admiral Jawl
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Sappho
Namesake	Sappho - Greek poet
Ordered	27 January 1806
Builder	Jabez Bayley, Ipswich
Laid down	April 1806
Launched	15 December 1806
Honours and awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Sappho 2 March 1808"
Fate	Broken up 1830
General characteristics
Type	Cruizer class brig-sloop
Tons burthen	383 64⁄94 (bm)
Length	100 ft 3 in (30.6 m) (overall) 77 ft 6+1⁄2 in (23.6 m) (keel)
Beam	30 ft 6 in (9.3 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Brig
Complement	121
Armament	16 × 32-pounder carronades 2 × 6-pounder chase guns

HMS Sappho was a Cruizer class brig-sloop built by Jabez Bailey at Ipswich and launched in 1806. She defeated the Danish brig Admiral Yawl in a single-ship action during the Gunboat War,^[a] and then had a notably successful two months of prize-taking in the first year of the War of 1812. She was wrecked in 1825 off the Canadian coast and then broken up in 1830.
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