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Linnet

HMS Linnet

Captured

Royal Navy, then United States Navy

TypeSloop
Guns16 guns
WarWar of 1812

Service

to 1814Linnet
from 1814Linnet

Captured at Lake Champlain

Brig under Daniel Pring, who fought her against Eagle and Saratoga until she was close to sinking. Taken into the US Navy.

Macdonough’s victory on Lake Champlain and defeat of the British Army at Plattsburg by Genl. Macomb, Sept. 11 1814. Engraverː Benjamin Tanner, after painting by Hugh Reinagle. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum Collection Photo: Benjamin Tanner / Hugh Reinagle, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 16 × 12-pounder guns
BuilderIsle de Noix, Lake Champlain
LaunchedApril 1814
Length82 ft 6 in (25.1 m)
Complement99

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

April 1814

11 September 1814

Daniel Pring

Joined the United States Navy

11 September 1814 · Captured at Lake Champlain

Fate

Captured

Sold 1825