HMS Tees (1817)

History

Great Britain
Name:	HMS Tees
Builder:	William Taylor, Bideford
Laid down:	October 1813
Launched:	17 May 1817
Commissioned:	September 1818
Fate:	Sold in 1872
General characteristics
Class & type:	28-gun sixth-rate Conway-class post ship
Tons burthen:	450.7 long tons (458 t)
Length:	108 ft 6 in (33.1 m) (gundeck) 90 ft 1.25 in (27.5 m) (keel)
Beam:	30 ft 8 in (9.3 m)
Depth of hold:	9 ft (2.74 m)
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Complement:	155
Armament:	28 guns: UD: 18 × 32 pdrs carronades QD: 6 x 12-pounder carronades Fc: 2 x 12-pounder carronades and 2 × 6 pdr chase guns

HMS Tess was a Conway-class 28-gun sixth rate post ship, launched in 1817. She was sold in 1872.

Sources

Rif Winfield. British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. 2nd edition, Seaforth Publishing, 2008. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.

Conway-class post ships

Mersey Eden Conway Tamar Dee Towey Menai Tyne Wye Tees

Preceded by: Cyrus class Followed by: Atholl class List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy

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