HMS Nimrod 1827
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Marker: recorded wreck position (Age of Sail).
Key facts
| Name | HMS Nimrod | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1827 | English Wikipedia lead text (year following a loss verb, parsed) |
| Era | Age of Sail | derived from year |
| Ship type | brig-sloop | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Nationality / flag | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata P8047 country of registry |
| Operator | Royal Navy | Wikidata P137 operator |
| Sea / ocean | Irish Sea | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Nearest coast | Wales | Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 9 km from land |
| Position | 53.3102, -4.6074 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
HMS Nimrod was a brig-sloop of the British Royal Navy, launched in 1812. She spent her war years in North American waters, where she captured one small privateer, assisted in the capture of another, and captured or destroyed some 50 American vessels. After the war she captured smugglers and assisted the civil authorities in maintaining order in Tyne. She was wrecked in 1827 and so damaged that the Navy decided she was not worth repairing. A private ship-owner purchased Nimrod and repaired her. She then went on to spend some 20 years trading between Britain and Charleston, the Mediterranean, Australia, and India. She was last listed in 1851.
Location
- Recorded position: 53.3102, -4.6074 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: Irish Sea
- Nearest coast: Wales
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article HMS Nimrod (1812) (revision 1380664321), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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