HMS Kingfisher (1804)

Kingfisher
History
UK
NameHMS Kingfisher
NamesakeAlcedo atthis, the common kingfisher
Ordered27 November 1802
BuilderThomas King of Dover
Laid downMarch 1803
Launched10 March 1804
Commissioned3 May 1804 at Sheerness
Honours and
awards
Naval General Service Medal with clasp "St. Domingo"[1]
FateBroken up October 1816 at Portsmouth
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeShip sloop
Tons burthen365 3294 (bm)
Length
  • 106 ft (32.3 m) (gundeck)
  • 87 ft 7 in (26.7 m) (keel)
Beam28 ft (8.5 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 9 in (4.2 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement121
Armament

HMS Kingfisher (or King's Fisher or Kingsfisher) was a Royal Navy 18-gun ship sloop, built by John King and launched in 1804 at Dover. She served during the Napoleonic Wars, first in the Caribbean and then in the Mediterranean before being broken up in 1816.

  1. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 241.
  2. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 258.