HMS Magnet (1807)

Magnet
History
 Royal Navy
NameHMS Magnet
Ordered1 October 1806
BuilderRobert Guillaume, Northam, Southampton
Launched19 October 1807
FateWrecked 11 January 1809
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeCruizer-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen3824194 (bm)
Length
  • 100 ft 0 in (30.5 m) (gundeck)
  • 77 ft 3+12 in (23.6 m) (keel)
Beam30 ft 6 in (9.3 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
Sail planBrig rigged
Complement121
Armament16 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder chase guns

HMS Magnet was a Cruizer-class brig-sloop built at Robert Guillaume’s yard at Northam and launched in 1807.[1] She served in the Baltic, where she took two prizes, one an armed privateer, before wrecking in 1809.

  1. ^ a b Winfield (2008), p. 299.