HMS Sprightly (1818)

History
United Kingdom
Name: Sprightly
Ordered: 1817
Builder: Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down: October 1817
Launched: 3 June 1818
Completed: 18 January 1820
Fate: Wrecked, 8 January 1821
General characteristics
Class and type: Nightingale-class cutter
Tons burthen: 140 bm
Length:
  • 67 ft (20.4 m) (gundeck)
  • 52 ft 7 in (16.0 m) (keel)
Beam: 22 ft 5 in (6.8 m)
Draught: 10 ft 5 in (3.2 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

HMS Sprightly was a 6-gun Nightingale-class cutter built for the Royal Navy during the 1810s. She was wrecked off the Isle of Portland in 1821.

Description

Sprightly had a length at the gundeck of 67 feet (20.4 m) and 52 feet 7 inches (16.0 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 22 feet 5 inches (6.8 m), a draught of about 10 feet 5 inches (3.2 m) and a depth of hold of 9 feet 6 inches (2.9 m). The ship's tonnage was 140 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

Sprightly, the fourth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[3] was ordered in 1817, laid down in October 1817 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 3 June 1818.[2] She was completed on 18 January 1820 at Plymouth Dockyard.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Winfield, p. 1181
  2. 1 2 Winfield & Lyon, p. 133
  3. ↑ Colledge, p. 330
  4. ↑ Phillips, p. 57

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 (2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1817-1863 (epub)|format= requires |url= (help). Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-47383-743-0.
  • 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.
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