HMS Speedy (1828)
HMS Speedy was a 6-gun Nightingale-class cutter built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s. She was broken up in 1876.
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name: | Speedy |
| Ordered: | 1822 |
| Builder: | Pembroke Dockyard |
| Laid down: | October 1827 |
| Launched: | 28 June 1828 |
| Completed: | 2 November 1828 |
| Commissioned: | 2 November 1833 |
| Renamed: | As YC.11, 1866 |
| Reclassified: | As a mooring lighter, August 1853 |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1876 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Nightingale-class cutter |
| Tons burthen: | 123 bm |
| Length: | |
| Beam: | 22 ft 6 in (6.9 m) |
| Draught: | 10 ft 9 in (3.3 m) |
| Depth: | 9 ft 6 in (2.9 m) |
| Sail plan: | Fore-and-aft rig |
| Complement: | 34 |
| Armament: | 2 × 6-pdr cannon; 4 × 6-pdr carronades |
Description
Speedy had a length at the gundeck of 63 feet 9 inches (19.4 m) and 46 feet 10 inches (14.3 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 22 feet 6 inches (6.9 m), a draught of about 10 feet 9 inches (3.3 m) and a depth of hold of 9 feet 6 inches (2.9 m). The ship's tonnage was 123 tons burthen.[1] The Nightingale class was armed with two 6-pounder cannon and four 6-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 34 officers and ratings.[2]
Construction and career
Speedy, the fourth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[3] was ordered in 1822, laid down in November 1827 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 28 June 1828.[2] She was completed on 2 November 1828 at Plymouth Dockyard.[4]
Notes
- Winfield, p. 1181
- Winfield & Lyon, p. 133
- Colledge, p. 328
- Phillips, p. 71
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 (2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1817-1863 (epub). Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-47383-743-0.
- 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.