HMS Cockatrice (1781)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Cockatrice |
| Namesake | The Cockatrice |
| Ordered | 11 April 1780 |
| Builder | Thomas King, Dover |
| Laid down | c.May 1780 |
| Launched | 3 July 1781 |
| Out of service | April 1793 |
| Fate | Sold 1802 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMhb Cockatrice |
| Acquired | August 1804 by contract |
| Fate | Returned to owners 1808 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Cockatrice |
| Owner |
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| Fate | Condemned at Lisbon c.May 1816 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | |
| Tons burthen |
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| Length | 69 ft 4 in (21.1 m) (overall); 52 ft 0 in (15.8 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 25 ft 7 in (7.8 m) |
| Depth of hold | 10 ft 9 in (3.3 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Complement |
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| Armament |
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HMS Cockatrice was the fourth of the Alert-class British Royal Navy cutters. She was launched in 1781 and had an uneventful career until the Navy sold her in 1802. Private interests purchased her, lengthened her, and changed her rig to that of a brig. They hired her out to the Navy and she was in service as a hired armed brig from 1806 to 1808. She then returned to mercantile service until she was condemned at Lisbon in May 1816 as not worth repairing.