HMS Redbreast (1805)
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Redbreast |
| Builder | John Preston,[2] Great Yarmouth |
| Launched | 27 April 1805[1] |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMC Redbreast |
| In service | 1815[1] |
| Out of service | 1830[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Brig |
| Tons burthen | 178 (bm)[1] |
| Armament | 12 guns[1] |
HMS Redbreast was a 12 gun Archer-class brig of the British Royal Navy.[1]
She operated in the channel until 1808, when she took part in the Baltic expedition.[2] Detachments from her crew and other ships manned two gunboats in August 1808 on the Jade and Weser rivers where they captured a Danish privateer, Mosin, and a Dutch gunboat.[2] In 1811 she was part of a squadron sent to support a Russian attack on Fort Napoleon at Cuxhaven.[2] In 1814 the ship was rerated as a sloop, so that her captain since 1808, Sir George Mouat Keith, could continue to command her on his promotion from lieutenant to commander.[2]
In 1815 she was converted to a customs hulk,[1] and in 1830 a lazaretto for the Quarantine Service at Liverpool.[1] Redbreast was sold in 1850.[1]