History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Spider |
Acquired | 1806 by purchase of a prize |
Fate | Broken up 1815 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Tons burthen | 269 (bm) |
Complement | 85 |
Armament | 14 × 18-pounder carronades + 2 ×6-pounder chase guns |
HMS Spider was a brig-rigged Spanish sloop that the British Royal Navy captured in 1806 and took into service. She served in the Mediterranean and the West Indies and captured a small number of merchantmen. She was broken up in 1815.