HMS Satellite (1826)
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom
| |
| Name: | Satellite |
| Ordered: | 9 June 1825 |
| Builder: | Pembroke Dockyard |
| Laid down: | June 1826 |
| Launched: | 3 October 1826 |
| Completed: | 14 February 1827 |
| Commissioned: | 22 November 1826 |
| Fate: | Broken up, February 1849 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Satellite-class sloop |
| Tons burthen: | 466 41/94 bm |
| Length: | |
| Beam: | 31 ft 2 in (9.5 m) |
| Draught: | 11 ft 9 in (3.6 m) |
| Depth: | 13 ft 10 in (4.2 m) |
| Complement: | 125 |
| Armament: | 2 × 6-pdr cannon; 16 × 32-pdr carronades |
HMS Satellite was a 18-gun sloop, the name ship of her class, built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s.
Description
Satellite had a length at the gundeck of 112 feet (34.1 m) and 94 feet 2 inches (28.7 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 31 feet 2 inches (9.5 m), a draught of 11 feet 9 inches (3.6 m) and a depth of hold of 13 feet 10 inches (4.2 m). The ship's tonnage was 466 41⁄94 tons burthen.[1] The Satellite class was armed with a pair of 9-pounder cannon in the bow and sixteen 32-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 125 officers and ratings.[2]
Construction and career
Satellite, the third ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[3] was ordered on 9 June 1825, laid down in June 1826 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 3 October 1826.[2] She was completed on 14 February 1827 at Plymouth Dockyard and commissioned on 22 November 1826.[1]
Notes
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Phillips, Lawrie; Lieutenant Commander (2014). Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-5214-9.
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (epub). Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 1-84415-700-8.
- 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.