HMS Thrush (1806)

History
Great Britain
Name	Prince of Wales
Operator	HM Revenue Service
Builder	John and William Scott, Greenock
Launched	1794
Fate	Sold 1806
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Thrush
Acquired	1806 by purchase
Fate	Foundered 1815; salvaged and sold
General characteristics [1]
Tons burthen	3073⁄94 (bm)
Length	Overall: 96 ft 4 in (29.4 m) Keel: 78 ft 10+1⁄2 in (24.0 m)
Beam	27 ft 0+5⁄8 in (8.2 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 3+1⁄2 in (4.1 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Ship
Complement	Excise service: 50 Royal Navy: 121
Armament	Excise service: 20 guns Royal Navy:18 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Thrush was launched in 1794 as the Prince of Wales, which served the Customs Service as a revenue brig. In 1806 the British Admiralty purchased her and the Royal Navy renamed her HMS Thrush as there was already an HMS Prince of Wales in service. Thrush spent her brief active service on the Jamaica Station. She was converted to a powder hulk in late 1809 and foundered at Port Royal in 1815; she was salvaged, and sold.