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HMS Oroonoko (1805)

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Brig of the Royal Navy For other ships with the same name, see HMS Oroonoko.

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Oroonoko
NamesakeOroonoko
Acquired1805 by purchase
FateSold 1814
General characteristics
Tons burthen250 (bm)
Length
  • Overall: 81 ft 9 in (24.9 m)
  • Keel: 70 ft 5 in (21.5 m)
Beam25 ft 10 in (7.9 m)
Armament8 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Oroonoko was the French privateer Eugène, which the Royal Navy bought in 1805 to replace the previous Oroonoko as a prison ship at Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. She was sold in 1814.

Eugène may have been the sloop sailing from Bordeaux to New Orleans that HMS Renard captured early in 1805 and sent into Jamaica.

Citations

  1. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 402.
  2. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4210. 23 April 1805.

References

  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.
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