HMS Reindeer (1804)

Woodblock of the action between USS Wasp and HMS Reindeer
History
United Kingdom
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
General characteristics [1]
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
Armament	Originally: 16 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder bow-chasers Later: 16 × 24-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder guns + 1 × 12-pounder carronade boat gun

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.^[1] She was built of fir,^[2] 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 USS Wasp during the War of 1812.