HMS Primrose (1807)

Primrose
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Primrose
Ordered21 January 1806
BuilderThomas Nickells, Fowey
Launched5 August 1807
CommissionedNovember 1807
FateWrecked 22 January 1809
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeCruizer-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen384 bm
LengthOverall:100 ft 2+12 in (30.544 m) Keel:77 ft 6 in (23.62 m)
Beam30 ft 6+14 in (9.303 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 9+14 in (3.893 m)
Sail planBrig
Complement121
Armament16 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder bow guns

HMS Primrose was a Royal Navy Cruizer-class brig-sloop built by Thomas Nickells (or Nicholls), at Fowey and launched in 1807.

  1. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 296.