&sq=Sri Lanka&lang=en&file=File:La_Marine-Pacini-84.png) Capture of Alacrity by Abeille, under Armand-Mackau, on 26 May 1811. Engraving by Antoine Léon Morel-Fatio.
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| Name | HMS Alacrity |
| Ordered | 14 January 1806 |
| Builder | William Row (or Rowe), St Peter's Dock, Newcastle-on-Tyne[1] |
| Laid down | May 1806 |
| Launched | 13 November 1806 (ready coppered) |
| Commissioned | February 1807 |
| Captured | 26 May 1811 |
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| Name | Alacrity |
| Commissioned | 1 July 1811 |
| Fate | Broken up 1822 |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Type | Cruizer-class brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen | 382,[1]/ or 38223⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 30 ft 6+1⁄4 in (9.3 m) |
| Depth of hold | 11 ft 8 in (3.6 m) |
| Sail plan | Brig |
| Complement | 121 |
| Armament | 16 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder chase guns |
HMS Alacrity was a Cruizer-class brig-sloop built by William Rowe at Newcastle and launched in 1806.[2] She served in the Baltic and was at the capture of Copenhagen in 1807. She captured a large privateer before herself falling victim to a French man-of-war in 1811 in an action in which her captain failed to distinguish himself. She then served in the French navy until she was broken up in 1822.
- ^ a b Tyne Built Ships – accessed 14 February 2019.
- ^ a b Winfield (2008), p. 296.