HMS Harrier (1831)
| 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: | |
| 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 |
HMS Harrier was an 18-gun Fly-class sloop, built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s.
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]
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.