HMS Moira (1805)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Moira (or Earl of Moira)
Builder	Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard, Kingston
Launched	28 May 1805
Renamed	Charwell on 22 January 1814
Reclassified	Re-rigged as brig in 1813 Powder hulk in 1816 Accommodation vessel in 1827
Fate	Sold in 1837
General characteristics
Type	14-gun schooner later 16-gun brig-sloop
Tons burthen	16859⁄94 (bm)
Length	70 ft 6 in (21.5 m) (overall) 56 ft 3+5⁄8 in (17.2 m) (keel)
Beam	23 ft 8 in (7.2 m)
Draught	7 ft (2.1 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Schooner later Sloop
Complement	86 (in 1830)
Armament	Launched as 14-guns Rearmed with 16 guns in 1813: 2 × 9-pounder guns and 14 × 24-pounder carronades After 1814 1 × 18-pounder and 12 × 24-pounder carronades

HMS Moira (or HMS Earl of Moira) was a British 14-gun schooner of the Royal Navy, that plied the waters of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River during the War of 1812 . Initially constructed for the Provincial Marine in 1805, the vessel took part in the Engagements on Lake Ontario. Renamed Charwell in 1814, following the war, the vessel became a powder hulk and an accommodation vessel. The vessel was sold in 1837.