History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Netley |
Namesake | Village of Netley |
Builder | Hobbs & Hellyer, Redbridge |
Acquired | April 1798 by purchase on launch[1] |
Fate | Captured 1806 |
France | |
Name | Duquesne |
Namesake | Abraham Duquesne |
Acquired | 1806 by capture |
Captured | September 1807 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Unique |
Acquired | September 1807 by capture |
Fate | Expended 1809 in a fire ship attack |
General characteristics [a] | |
Tons burthen | 22464⁄94 (bm) |
Length | 73 ft 6 in (22.40 m) (overall); 54 ft 10+1⁄2 in (16.726 m) (keel) |
Beam | 27 ft 9 in (8.46 m) |
Depth of hold | 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
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HMS Netley was launched in 1798 with an experimental design. During the French Revolutionary Wars she spent some years on the Oporto station, where she captured many small privateers. The French captured her in 1806, early in the Napoleonic Wars. They lengthened her and she became the 17-gun privateer Duquesne. In 1807 the British recaptured her and the Royal Navy returned her to service as the 12-gun gun-brig HMS Unique. She was expended in an unsuccessful fire ship attack at Guadeloupe in 1809.
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