| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | HMS Linnet |
| Builder | Cowes |
| Launched | 1797 |
| Captured | 25 February 1813 |
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| Name | Linnet |
| Acquired | 1813 by capture |
| Fate | Sold 1813 |
 United States | |
| Name | Bunkers Hill |
| Acquired | 1813 By gift or sale |
| Captured | March 1814 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | Cutter; later brig |
| Displacement | 200[2] |
| Tons burthen | 196 70⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 77 ft 9+1⁄2 in (23.7 m) (overall); 57 ft 7+5⁄8 in (17.6 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 25 ft 4 in (7.7 m) |
| Depth of hold | 10 ft 9 in (3.3 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
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HMS Linnet was originally His Majesty's revenue cutter Speedwell, launched in 1797, that the Royal Navy purchased in 1806. Linnet captured a number of privateers before the French frigate Gloire captured her in 1813. The French sold or transferred her to the Americans, who operated her as the privateer Bunkers Hill. In March 1814 the British recaptured her, but did not return her to service.
- ^ Winfield (2008), p. 350.
- ^ a b c Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 221.