Seagull class brig-sloop

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Class overview
Name:Seagull-class brig-sloop
Operators: Royal Navy
In service:1805 - 1819
Completed:13
General characteristics
Type: brig-sloop
Tons burthen: 282.3 bm
Length: 93 ft 0 in
Beam: 26 ft 5 in
Propulsion: Sails
Complement: 95
Armament: As built: Later:

The Seagull class were built as a 16-gun class of brig-sloops for the Royal Navy, although an extra 2 carronades were added soon after completion. The class was designed by one of the Surveyors of the Navy - Sir William Rule - and approved on 4 January 1805. Five vessels to this design were ordered in December 1804; eight more were ordered in the summer.

Armament

Unlike the larger Cruiser-class brig-sloops, whose main battery was composed of 32-pounder carronades, the Seagull class (and the similar Fly-class brig-sloops designed by Rule's co-surveyor - Sir John Henslow) were armed with a main battery of 24-pounder carronades.

Ships

Name Launched
HMS Seagull 1 July 1805
HMS Oberon 13 August 1805
HMS Imogen 11 July 1805
HMS Nightingale 29 July 1805
HMS Savage 30 July 1805
HMS Skylark February 1806
HMS Paulina 7 December 1805
HMS Delight June 1806
HMS Orestes 23 October 1805
HMS Electra 21 January 1806
HMS Julia 4 February 1806
HMS Satellite March 1806
HMS Sheldrake 21 March 1806

References

  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1861762461.