| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Recruit |
| Ordered | 25 March 1823 |
| Builder | HM Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Laid down | February 1825 |
| Launched | 17 August 1829 |
| Fate | Foundered with loss of all hands in 1832 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen | 237 bm in Cherokee |
| Length |
|
| Beam | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
| Draught | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) |
| Depth of hold | 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Complement | 75 |
| Armament | 2 × 6-pounder guns (bow) + 8 × 18-pounder carronades |
HMS Recruit was a Cherokee-class brig-sloop built at the HM Portsmouth Dockyard, and launched on 17 August 1829. She became a packet for the Post Office packet service, sailing from Falmouth, Cornwall.
On 29 May 1832, she sailed from Falmouth (or Bermuda – accounts differ), bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia (or Bermuda), under the command of Lieutenant Thomas Hodges, RN. She disappeared without trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the death of all aboard.
Citations
- Pawlyn (2003), p. 132.
- Hepper (1994), p. 161.
- "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 19257. 28 August 1832.
References
- Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3. OCLC 622348295.
- Pawlyn, Tony (2003). The Falmouth Packets, 1689–1851. Truran. ISBN 9781850221753.
| Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1832 | |
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1831   1833 | |