HMS Penguin (1838)

HMS Penguin was a six-gun Alert-class packet brig built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s.

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

Drawing of the Penguin, 1836
History
United Kingdom
Name: Penguin
Namesake: Penguin
Ordered: 14 April 1836
Builder: Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down: November 1836
Launched: 10 April 1838
Completed: 21 September 1838
Commissioned: 24 July 1838
Renamed: As WV.31, 25 May 1863
Fate: Sold for scrap, 5 June 1871
General characteristics
Class and type: Alert-class brig
Tons burthen: 360 4/94 bm
Length:
Beam: 30 ft 4 in (9.2 m)
Draught: 10 ft 11 in (3.3 m)
Depth: 14 ft 8 in (4.5 m)
Complement: 44
Armament: 2 × 6-pdr cannon; 4 × 12-pdr carronades

Description

Penguin had a length at the gundeck of 95 feet (29.0 m) and 75 feet (22.9 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 30 feet 4 inches (9.2 m), a draught of 10 feet 11 inches (3.3 m) and a depth of hold of 14 feet 8 inches (4.5 m). The ship's tonnage was 360 ​4⁄94 tons burthen.[1] The Alert class was initially armed with a pair of 6-pounder cannon and four 12-pounder carronades. Later they were equipped with six 32-pounder or eight 18-pounder cannon.[2] The ships had a crew of 44 officers and ratings.[3]

Construction and career

Penguin, the fourth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[4] was ordered on 14 April 1836, laid down in November 1836 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 10 April 1838.[3] She was completed on 21 September 1838 at Plymouth Dockyard and commissioned on 24 July of that year.[1]

Notes
  1. Winfield, p. 1119
  2. Winfield, p. 1113
  3. Winfield & Lyon, p. 127
  4. Colledge, p. 264

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 (epub). Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
  • 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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