HMS Harrier (1831)

HMS Harrier was an 18-gun Fly-class sloop, built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Harrier.

HMS Harrier
History
United Kingdom
Name: Harrier
Ordered: 30 January 1829
Builder: Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down: November 1830
Launched: 3 October 1826
Completed: 25 March 1832
Commissioned: 24 November 1831
Fate: Broken up, March 1840
General characteristics
Class and type: Fly-class sloop
Tons burthen: 485 69/94 bm
Length:
  • 114 ft 4 in (34.8 m) (gundeck)
  • 93 ft 6 in (28.5 m) (keel)
Beam: 31 ft 7 in (9.6 m)
Draught: 11 ft 9 in (3.6 m)
Depth: 8 ft 3 in (2.5 m)
Complement: 120
Armament: 2 × 9-pdr cannon; 16 × 32-pdr carronades

Description

Harrier had a length at the gundeck of 114 feet 4 inches (34.8 m) and 93 feet 6 inches (28.5 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 31 feet 3 inches (9.5 m), a draught of 11 feet 9 inches (3.6 m) and a depth of hold of 8 feet 3 inches (2.5 m). The ship's tonnage was 485​69⁄94 tons burthen.[1] The Fly class was armed with a pair of 9-pounder cannon in the bow and sixteen 32-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 120 officers and ratings.[2]

Construction and career

Harrier, the third ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[3] was ordered on 30 January 1829, laid down in November 1830 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 8 November 1831.[2] She was completed on 25 March 1832 at Plymouth Dockyard and commissioned on 24 November 1831.[1]

Plan showing a part stern elevation and plan illustrating the fitting of an iron tiller to Harrier

Notes
  1. Winfield, p. 1203
  2. Winfield & Lyon, p. 120
  3. Colledge, p. 156

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.
  • 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. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 1-84415-700-8.
  • Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (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.
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