HMS Forester (1832)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Forester.
History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Forester
Ordered: 26 May 1826
Builder: Chatham Dockyard
Laid down: September 1930
Launched: 28 August 1832
Fate: Sold in 1843
General characteristics
Type: Brig-sloop
Tons burthen: 237 bm in Cherokee
Length:
  • 90 ft 0 in (27.43 m) (gundeck)
  • 73 ft 7.625 in (22.44408 m) (keel)
Beam: 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draught: 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
Depth of hold: 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Complement: 75
Armament: 2 × 6-pounder guns (bow) + 8 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Forester was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop ordered on 23 May 1826, laid down in September 1830 and launched on 28 August 1832 from the Chatham Dockyard, ran aground in 1833 and sold in 1843.

References

Winfield, Rif & Lyon, David (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555. 

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