HMS Magpie (1806)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Magpie
Ordered	11 December 1805
Builder	William Rowe, St Peter's Yard, Newcastle
Laid down	January 1806
Launched	17 May 1806
Captured	18 February 1807
France
Name	Magpye or Magpie
Acquired	18 February 1807 by capture
Commissioned	16 May 1807
Renamed	Colombe
Fate	Broken up 1828
General characteristics [1][2]
Class and type	Cuckoo-class schooner
Displacement	95 tons (French)
Tons burthen	7569⁄94 (bm)
Length	56 ft 2 in (17.1 m) (overall) 42 ft 9 in (13.0 m) (keel)
Beam	18 ft 3 in (5.6 m)
Draught	Unladen: 4 ft 3 in (1.3 m) Laden: 7 ft 10 in (2.4 m)
Depth of hold	8 ft 1 in (2.5 m)
Sail plan	Schooner
Complement	British service:20 French service:78
Armament	British service: 4 × 12-pounder carronades French service Initially:6 × 4-pounder guns + 3 × 12-pounder carronades + 2 × 12-pounder obusiers (howitzers) 1808: 12 × 12-pounder carronades 1823: 6 × 12-pounder carronades

HMS Magpie was a Royal Navy Cuckoo-class schooner that William Rowe of Newcastle built and launched on 17 May 1806. Like all her class, she was armed with four 12-pounder carronades and had a crew of 20. She had been in British service for less than a year when she grounded on the coast of France, which led to her capture. She then served in the French navy until 1828, including a few years as a prison ship.