HMS Grasshopper (1806)

Grasshopper
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Grasshopper
Ordered30 August and 31 October 1805
BuilderRichards (Brothers) & (John) Davidson, Hythe
Laid downApril 1806
Launched29 September 1806
CommissionedNovember 1806
Honours and
awards
Captured25 December 1811
Netherlands, as part of France
NameGrasshopper
AcquiredDecember 1811 by capture
RenamedIrene
FateTransferred to France December 1812
French Navy EnsignFrance
AcquiredTransferred from annexed Netherlands
RenamedIrene on transfer
CapturedDecember 1813
Kingdom of the Netherlands
AcquiredDecember 1813 by capture
RenamedHNLMS Irene (Dutch: Zr.Ms. Irene)
FateBroken up 1822
General characteristics [2]
Class and type18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen383 1294 (bm)
Length100 ft 0 in (30.5 m) (overall) 77 ft 2+58 in (23.5 m) (keel)
Beam30 ft 6+12 in (9.3 m)
Draught6 ft 6 in (2.0 m) (unladen) 10 ft 6 in (3.2 m) (laden)
Depth of hold13 ft 12 in (4.3 m)
Sail planBrig
Armament

HMS Grasshopper was a Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1806, captured several vessels, and took part in two notable actions before the Dutch captured her in 1811. She then served The Netherlands navy until she was broken up in 1822.

  1. ^ a b "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 241.
  2. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 295.