HMS Kingfisher (1804)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Kingfisher.
HMS Kingfisher (or King's Fisher or Kingsfisher) was a Royal Navy 18-gun ship sloop, built by John King and launched in 1804 at Dover. She served during the Napoleonic Wars, first in the Caribbean and then in the Mediterranean before being broken up in 1816.
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Name | HMS Kingfisher |
Namesake | Alcedo atthis, the common kingfisher |
Ordered | 27 November 1802 |
Builder | Thomas King of Dover |
Laid down | March 1803 |
Launched | 10 March 1804 |
Commissioned | 3 May 1804 at Sheerness |
Honours and awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "St. Domingo"[1] |
Fate | Broken up October 1816 at Portsmouth |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Ship sloop |
Tons burthen | 365 32⁄94 (bm) |
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Beam | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
Depth of hold | 13 ft 9 in (4.2 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 121 |
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