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HMS Widgeon (1806)

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HMS Widgeon was a Royal Navy ''Cuckoo''-class schooner of four 12-pounder carronades and a crew of 20. [1]

10 relations: Ballahoo-class schooner, Banff, Aberdeenshire, Brixham, Builder's Old Measurement, Carronade, Cuckoo-class schooner, Marshalsea, Royal Navy, Schooner, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Ballahoo-class schooner

The Ballahoo class (also known as the Fish class) was a Royal Navy class of eighteen 4-gun schooners built under contract in Bermuda during the Napoleonic War.

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Banff, Aberdeenshire

Banff is a town in the Banff and Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Brixham

Brixham is a small fishing town and civil parish in the district of Torbay in the county of Devon, in the south-west of England.

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Builder's Old Measurement

Builder's Old Measurement (BOM, bm, OM, and o.m.) is the method used in England from approximately 1650 to 1849 for calculating the cargo capacity of a ship.

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Carronade

A carronade is a short, smoothbore, cast iron cannon which was used by the Royal Navy and first produced by the Carron Company, an ironworks in Falkirk, Scotland, UK.

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Cuckoo-class schooner

The Cuckoo class was a class of twelve 4-gun schooners of the Royal Navy, built by contract in English shipyards during the Napoleonic War.

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Marshalsea

The Marshalsea (1373–1842) was a notorious prison in Southwark (now London), just south of the River Thames.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

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Schooner

A schooner is a type of sailing vessel with fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts.

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was established by the Acts of Union 1800, which merged the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Widgeon_(1806)

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