Seagull class brig-sloop

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: Two 6-pdr cannon as bow chasers Fourteen 24-pdr carronades Later: Two 6-pdr cannon as bow chasers Sixteen 24-pdr carronades

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.