HMS Linnet (1814)

Linnet
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Linnet
BuilderIsle de Noix, Lake Champlain
LaunchedApril 1814
Captured11 September 1814
United States
NameUSS Linnet
AcquiredBy capture, 11 September 1814
FateSold 1825
General characteristics
Class and type16-gun brig-sloop
Tons burthen350 (bm)
Length82 ft 6 in (25.1 m)
Beam27 ft (8.2 m)
Depth of hold6 ft 8 in (2.0 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planBrig
Complement99
Armament16 × 12-pounder guns
Linnet viewed from Cumberland Head, on Lake Champlain at the Battle of Plattsburg 11 September 1814

HMS Linnet was a 16-gun brig, built in 1814 by the Royal Navy at Ile aux Noix, Canada, as Niagara. Renamed Linnet and commanded by Commander Daniel Pring, RN, she served on Lake Champlain during the War of 1812. The Americans captured her in 1814 at the Battle of Lake Champlain at Plattsburgh, New York, and took her into service though she never sailed again. She was sold in 1825.