| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | HMS Nancy |
| Acquired | by purchase September 1808 |
| Fate | Sold 1813 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Tons burthen | 200, or 210[2] (bm) |
| Length | 80 ft (24 m) |
| Beam | 25 ft (8 m) |
| Draught | 10 ft 0 in (3.05 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Brig |
| Complement | 45 |
| Armament | 8 × 6-pounder guns |
HMS Nancy was the two-masted mercantile brig Nancy that Rear-Admiral Sidney Smith purchased for the Royal Navy at Buenos Aires and commissioned in 1808. Nancy served on the South America station until she was sold in 1813.
- ^ Miller (1995), pp. 78–79.
- ^ Winfield (2008), p. 350.