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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United Kingdom | Ship flag= | Ship name=HMS Recruit | Ship namesake= | Ship ordered=6 May 1844 | Ship builder=Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company | Ship laid down= | Ship launched=10 June 1846 | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship honours= | Ship fate=Sold 28 August 1849 | Ship status= | Ship notes=
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}} | HMS Recruit was a 12-gun iron-hulled sailing brig of the Royal Navy, constructed by the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company and launched in 1846. Recruit was the first iron-hulled vessel to be built for the Admiralty, and the Royal Navy's only iron-hulled sailing ship. She was sold back to her builders, Ditchburn and Mare on 28 August 1849, and was resold in 1852 to the General Screw Steam Shipping Company and converted into a screw steamer for the East Indian and Cape mail service, and renamed SS Harbinger. References1. ^Colledge, p. 289
Sources- {{Colledge}}
- Lyon, David & Winfield, Rif (2004), The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889. {{ISBN|1-86176-032-9}}.
- {{cite web| last =| first =| authorlink =| vauthors =| title =General Screw Steam Shipping Company 1848-1857| work =| publisher =The Ships List| date =| url =http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/generalscrewssc.htm| doi =| accessdate =2008-03-02| deadurl =yes| archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20080102063757/http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/generalscrewssc.htm| archivedate =2 January 2008| df =dmy-all}}
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