HMS Alert (1804)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Alert.
HMS Alert was the collier Oxford, launched at Howdon in 1803 that the Royal Navy purchased in 1804 and renamed HMS Alert. She had a mundane career in the Royal Navy escorting convoys until in 1812, shortly after the outbreak of the War of 1812, she had the misfortune to encounter the frigate USS Essex, which captured Alert. The US Navy used Alert as a storeship and a receiving ship until it had her broken up in 1829.
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Oxford |
Owner | Champion & Co, London[1] |
Builder | Howdon Pans[1] Newcastle-on-Tyne |
Launched | 1803 |
Fate | Sold May 1804 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Alert |
Acquired | 1804 by purchase |
Captured | 13 August 1812 |
United States | |
Name | USS Alert |
Acquired | 1812 by capture |
Fate | Broken up 1829 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Type | Ship sloop |
Tons burthen | 325,[3] or 390,[4] or 393[1] (bm) |
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Beam | 29 ft 4 in (8.9 m) |
Propulsion | Sail |
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