HMS Reindeer (1804)

HMS Reindeer (1804)

Originally: 16 x 32-pounder carronades + 2 x 6-pounder bow-chasers

Later: 16 x 24-pounder carronades + 2 x 6-pounder guns + 1 x 12-pounder carronade boat gun For other ships of the same name, see HMS Reindeer.

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.