HMS Lynx (1794)
HMS Lynx was a 16-gun ship-rigged sloop of the Cormorant class in the Royal Navy, launched in 1794 at Gravesend. In 1795 she was the cause of an international incident when she fired on USRC Eagle. She was at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801, and during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars took numerous prizes, mostly merchant vessels but also including some privateers. She was also at the second Battle of Copenhagen in 1807. She was sold in April 1813. She then became the whaler Recovery. She made 12 whaling voyages, the last one ending in 1843, at which time her owner had her broken up.
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HMS Lynx (1794)
HMS Lynx was a 16-gun ship-rigged sloop of the Cormorant class in the Royal Navy, launched in 1794 at Gravesend. In 1795 she was the cause of an international incident when she fired on USRC Eagle. She was at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801, and during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars took numerous prizes, mostly merchant vessels but also including some privateers. She was also at the second Battle of Copenhagen in 1807. She was sold in April 1813. She then became the whaler Recovery. She made 12 whaling voyages, the last one ending in 1843, at which time her owner had her broken up.
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HMS Lynx was a 16-gun ship-rig ...... e her owner had her broken up.
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1794-05-30
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1793-02-18
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1794-02-14
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Broken up 1843
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*16 × 6-pounder guns
*12 × ½-pounder swivel guns
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William Cleverley, Gravesend
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April 1794
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Great Britain
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United Kingdom
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Broken up 1843
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May 1793
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1794-02-14
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HMS Lynx
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Recovery
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1793-02-18
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Daniel Bennett
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HMS Lynx was a 16-gun ship-rig ...... e her owner had her broken up.
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