HMS Recruit (1806)

Recruit
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Recruit
Ordered	27 January 1806
Builder	Andrew Hills, Sandwich, Kent
Laid down	April 1806
Launched	31 August 1806
Honours and awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Martinique"[1]
Fate	Sold for breaking up 7 August 1822
General characteristics
Class and type	18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen	38291⁄94 (bm)
Length	100 ft (30 m) (overall) 77 ft 3+1⁄2 in (23.559 m) (keel)
Beam	30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Brig-sloop
Complement	121
Armament	16 × 32-pounder carronades 2 × 6-pounder bow chasers

HMS Recruit was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, launched in 1806 at Sandwich, Kent. She is best known for an act of pique by Commander Warwick Lake, who marooned a seaman, and for an inconclusive but hard-fought ship action under Commander Charles John Napier against the French corvette Diligente. She captured a number of American vessels as prizes during the War of 1812 before being laid up in 1815 and sold for breaking up in 1822.