&sq=&lang=&file=File:COLUMBINE_1806_RMG_J5090.png) Redwing
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Redwing |
| Ordered | 24 January 1806 |
| Builder | Matthew Warren, Brightlingsea |
| Launched | 30 August 1806 |
| Commissioned | October 1806 |
| Honours and awards |
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| Fate | Foundered 1827 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Cruizer-class brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen | 38346⁄94 (bm)[3] |
| Length | 100 ft 0 in (30.5 m) (overall); 77 ft 3+1⁄2 in (23.6 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft 6+1⁄2 in (9.3 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 10 in (3.9 m) |
| Sail plan | Brig |
| Complement | 121 |
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HMS Redwing was a Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the British Royal Navy. Commissioned in 1806, she saw active service in the Napoleonic Wars, mostly in the Mediterranean, and afterwards served off the West Coast of Africa, acting to suppress the slave trade. She was lost at sea in 1827.
- ^ a b "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 241.
- ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 247.
- ^ Winfield (2008), pp. 296–7.