HMS Attentive (1804)

History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Attentive
OrderedJune 1804
BuilderBools and Good, Bridport
Laid downJuly 1804
Launched18 September 1804
CommissionedNovember 1804
FateBroken up August 1812
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeArcher-class gun brig
Tons burthen178 7894 (bm)
Length
  • 80 ft 10+12 in (24.7 m) (overall)
  • 65 ft 10+18 in (20.1 m)
Beam22 ft 7 in (6.9 m)
Draught9 ft 5 in (2.9 m)
Sail planBrig
Complement50
Armament10 × 18-pounder carronades + 2 chase guns

HMS Attentive was an Archer-class gun-brig of the Royal Navy, launched in 1804. she captured a small privateer and participated in some other captures in the Leeward Islands before returning to Britain, where she was broken up in 1812.

  1. ^ Winfield (2008), p.339.