HMS Conflict (1801)

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Conflict
Ordered30 December 1800
BuilderDudman & Co., Deptford
Laid downJanuary 1801
Launched17 April 1801
CommissionedApril 1801
Captured24 October 1804
France
NameConflict
Acquired24 October 1804 by purchase of a prize
Out of serviceOctober 1834
RenamedLynx
FateBroken up November 1834
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeArcher-class gunbrig
Tons burthen(bm)
Length
  • Overall: 80 ft 1+12 in (24.4 m)
  • Keel: 65 ft 10+34 in (20.1 m)
Beam22 ft 7+34 in (6.9 m)
Depth of hold9 ft 4+15 in (2.8 m)

HMS Conflict was launched in 1801 at Deptford. She grounded in October 1804, with the French Navy taking possession of her. In the French navy from late 1815 on she was named Lynx. As Lynx she was present at naval actions at Cadiz (1823), where she came under fire, Algiers (1830), and possibly the river Tagus (1831). She was broken up in 1834.

  1. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 334.