HMS Sappho (1806)
Sappho (left) at the action of 2 March 1808 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Sappho |
| Namesake | Sappho - Greek poet |
| Ordered | 27 January 1806 |
| Builder | Jabez Bayley, Ipswich |
| Laid down | April 1806 |
| Launched | 15 December 1806 |
| Honours & awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Sappho 2 March 1808" |
| Fate | Broken up 1830 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cruizer class brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen | 383 64⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 30 ft 6 in (9.3 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 9 in (3.9 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Brig |
| Complement | 121 |
| Armament |
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HMS Sappho was a Cruizer class brig-sloop built by Jabez Bailey at Ipswich and launched in 1806. She defeated the Danish brig Admiral Yawl in a single-ship action during the Gunboat War, and then had a notably successful two months of prize-taking in the first year of the War of 1812. She was wrecked in 1825 off the Canadian coast and then broken up in 1830.