HMS Netley (1808)

History
United States
NameNimrod
NamesakeNimrod
BuilderBaltimore
Launched1803 or 1804
Captured1807
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Netley
NamesakeNetley
Acquired1808 by purchase of a prize
Honours and
awards
Naval General Service Medal (NGSM), with clasp "Guadaloupe"[1]
FateSold 1814
General characteristics
Tons burthen140,[3] or 186182 (by calc.) (bm)
Length
  • 76 ft 0 in (23.2 m) (overall)
  • 57 ft 0 in (17.4 m) (keel)
Beam21 ft 6 in (6.6 m)
Depth of hold7 ft 10 in (2.4 m)
Sail planSchooner, later Hermaphrodite brig
Armament10 × 12-pounder carronades + 2 ×6-pounder chase guns[3]

HMS Netley was the American schooner Nimrod, launched at Baltimore in 1803 or 1804. The Royal Navy seized her in 1807, purchased her in 1808, and renamed her Netley. She participated in the 1810 invasion of Guadeloupe and also was the cause of an incident at Baltimore that same year. She was probably sold in 1814.

  1. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 243.
  2. ^ "NMM, vessel ID 372034" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol viii. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  3. ^ a b Colledge & Warlow (2006), p. 226.