HMS Daphne (1806)

Daphne
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Daphne
Ordered	30 January 1805
Builder	Robert Davy, Topsham
Laid down	July 1805
Fate	Sold 15 February 1816
General characteristics [1]
Type	Banterer-class post ship
Tons burthen	53932⁄94 (bm)
Length	Overall:118 ft 2 in (36.0 m) Keel:98 ft 9+5⁄8 in (30.1 m)
Beam	32 ft 0+1⁄2 in (9.8 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 6 in (3.2 m)
Propulsion	Sail
Complement	155
Armament	1815 Upper deck:22 × 32-pounder carronades QD:2 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 8-pounder carronades Fc:2 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 8-pounder carronades
United Kingdom
Name	Daphne
Owner	Blanshard & Co.[2]
Acquired	1816 by purchase
Fate	Last listed 1824
General characteristics
Tons burthen	553,[3] or 554[2] (bm)
Propulsion	Sail

HMS Daphne was launched at Topsham, England in 1806. During her naval career Daphne operated primarily in the Baltic where she took part in one notable cutting-out expedition, and captured one small privateer and numerous small Danish merchant vessels. In 1816 the Admiralty sold her after the end of the Napoleonic Wars and she became a merchant ship, while retaining the name Daphne. She made one voyage to Australia in 1819 transporting convicts. Thereafter she traded with India and was last listed in 1824.