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HMS Kangaroo (1805)

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Name
  
HMS Kangaroo

Laid down
  
August 1803

Tons burthen
  
369  ⁄94 bm

Launched
  
19 September 1805

Builder
  
Joseph Brindley, Lynn

Class and type
  
Sloop

Construction started
  
August 1803

Length
  
106 ft 1 in (32.3 m) (gundeck) 87 ft 6.5 in (26.7 m) (keel)

HMS Kangaroo was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1805.

She captured the French privateer Egayant on 20 November 1808. Sold on 14 December 1815.

References

HMS Kangaroo (1805) Wikipedia