History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Revenge |
Acquired | 1806 by purchase[1] |
Renamed | HMS Flying Fish |
Fate | Wrecked 15 December 1808 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Schooner |
Tons burthen | 151 (bm) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Schooner |
Armament | 12 guns |
HMS Flying Fish was the schooner Revenge, purchased in the West Indies in 1806 for the Royal Navy. She participated in a notable cutting out expedition and in 1807 in the second of the British invasions of the Río de la Plata; she was wrecked in 1808.