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| Name | HMS Halifax |
| Namesake | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Ordered | 27 November 1802 |
| Builder | Halifax Naval Yard, Master Shipwright William Hughes |
| Launched | 11 October 1806 |
| Fate | Broken up 1814 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Merlin-class ship sloop |
| Tons burthen | 365 32⁄94 bm[1] |
| Length |
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| Beam | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Depth of hold | 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 121 |
| Armament | 16 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder bow chasers |
HMS Halifax was a ship-rigged sloop of the Merlin class built in 1806 for the British Royal Navy at the Naval Yard in Halifax, Nova Scotia.[2] Built to fill a pressing need for coastal patrol sloops on the North American Station, Halifax was one of the few warships built at Halifax Naval Yard in the Age of Sail as the yard's primary function was supply and refit.[3]
- ^ Winfield & Lyon (2004), p. 66
- ^ Lyon (1993), p. 131.
- ^ Gwyn (2004).