HMS Reindeer (1804)
Woodblock of the action between the USS Wasp and HMS Reindeer
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| Name: | HMS Reindeer |
| Ordered: | 23 May 1804 |
| Builder: | S(amuel) & D(aniel) Brent, Rotherhithe |
| Laid down: | June 1804 |
| Launched: | 15 August 1804 |
| Commissioned: | September 1804 |
| Fate: | Captured and burnt by USS Wasp on 28 June 1814 |
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| Class and type: | Cruizer-class brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen: | 385 bm |
| Length: | 100 ft 0 in (30.48 m) |
| Beam: | 30 ft 7 1⁄2 in (9.335 m) |
| Draught: | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) forward; 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)aft |
| Depth of hold: | 12 ft 10 in (3.91 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | two-masted brig-sloop |
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HMS Reindeer (also Rein Deer) was a Royal Navy 18-gun Cruizer class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, built by Samuel & Daniel Brent at Rotherhithe and was launched in 1804. She was built of fir, which made for more rapid construction at the expense of durability. Reindeer fought in the Napoleonic Wars before succumbing in 1814 to the guns of the USS Wasp during the War of 1812.
In September 1804 Commander John Fyffe commissioned Reindeer and on 21 November sailed for the Jamaica station, of which Rear-Admiral Dacres was the C-in-C. On 7 March 1805 she and Hunter captured the Spanish privateer schooner Santa Rosalía Golondrina after a chase of over five hours. During the chase the Spaniard threw her three guns − one 8-pounder and two 4-pounders - overboard. She was under the command of Francisco de Naras and had a crew of 57 men. The privateer had left Caliodam in Cuba the previous day for a fourteen-day cruise but had taken no prizes. Fyffe sent her in to Port Royal with Hunter.
Then, on 13 September Reindeer captured the French privateer Renommée, of two 6-pounder guns. Reindeer's crew had had to labour at the sweeps for some six hours under a hot sun before they were able to reach their quarry. Renommée had a crew of 40 men and was most recently out of Baracoa. On this cruise she had taken no prizes.
Early in March 1805, Reindeer and Magicienne sent two boats each, under the command of Lieutenant of Reindeer, to cut out a 4-gun schooner from under a battery in Aguadilla Bay, Puerto Rico.
On 24 March 1806, off Puerto Rico, Reindeer encountered two French brigs, Phaéton and Voltigeur, each of sixteen 6-pounder guns. The vessels exchanged fire for some four hours. Reindeer succeeded in damaging the French brigs before they escaped; Reindeer too had some damage but no casualties. Two days later Pique captured the two French brigs.Phaéton, under the command of Lieutenant de vaisseau Saulces de Freycinet, was sailing to the Antilles when she was captured near Santo Domingo. The Admiralty took Phaeton into British service as Mignonne and Voltigeur as Pelican.
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