Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Cherokee | John Perry, Wells & Green, Blackwall | 12.1807 | 24.2.1808 | 10.7.1808 | sold 3.1828 | ||
Cadmus | John Dudman & Co., Deptford | 12.1807 | 26.2.1808 | 21.5.1808 | Coast Guard 2.1835 | ||
Leveret | John Perry, Wells & Green, Blackwall | 12.1807 | 24.2.1808 | 4.5.1808 | sold 4.1822 | ||
Rolla | Thomas Pitcher, Northfleet | 12.1807 | 13.2.1808 | 5.1808 | sold 4.1822 | ||
Achates | Samuel & Daniel Brent, Rotherhithe | 12.1807 | 1.2.1808 | 30.2.1808 | wrecked 7.2.1810 | ||
Parthian | William Barnard, Deptford | 12.1807 | 13.2.1808 | 5.6.1808 | wrecked 15.5.1828 | ||
Briseis | John King, Upnor | 2.1808 | 19.5.1808 | 30.8.1808 | wrecked 5.11.1818 | ||
Jasper | Jabez Bailey, Ipswich | 2.1808 | 27.5.1808 | 20.8.1808 | wrecked 20.1.1817 | ||
Ephira | John King, Upnor | 2.1808 | 28.5.1808 | 2.9.1808 | wrecked 26.12.1811 | ||
Onyx | Jabez Bailey, Ipswich | 2.1808 | 8.7.1808 | 18.10.1808 | sold 2.1819 | ||
Badger | John King, Upnor | 2.1808 | 23.7.1808 | 17.12.1808 | mooring ship 1834 | ||
Opossum | Edward & Jonathan Muddle, Gillingham | 3.1808 | 9.7.1808 | 15.3.1809 | sold 2.1819 | ||
Wild Boar | John Pelham, Frindsbury | 3.1808 | 9.7.1808 | 13.12.1808 | wrecked 15.2.1810 | ||
Rinaldo | John Dudman & Co., Deptford | 3.1808 | 13.7.1808 | 7.9.1808 | packet brig 11.1823 | ||
Chanticleer | Daniel List, East Cowes | 3.1808 | 26.7.1808 | 5.10.1808 | survey vessel 4.1828 | ||
Goldfinch | John Warwick, Eling | 3.1808 | 8.8.1808 | 26.12.1808 | packet brig 11.1824 | ||
Woodlark | William Row, Newcastle | 3.1808 | 17.11.1808 | 2.10.1809 | sold 1.1818 | ||
Shearwater | William Row, Newcastle | 3.1808 | 21.11.1808 | 1.9.1809 | sold 11.1832 | ||
Calliope | John Dudman & Co., Deptford | 4.1808 | 8.7.1808 | 8.9.1808 | tender 6.1822 | ||
Hope | Jabez Bailey, Ipswich | 4.1808 | 22.7.1808 | 5.11.1808 | sold 2.1819 | ||
Britomart | John Dudman & Co., Deptford | 4.1808 | 28.7.1808 | 11.9.1808 | sold 2.1819 | ||
Prince Arthur | John Dudman & Co., Deptford | 4.1808 | 28.7.1808 | 11.12.1808 // --- | incomplete to Morocco 1808 | ||
Cordelia | John King, Upnor | 5.1808 | 26.7.1808 | 17.11.1808 | sold 12.1833 | ||
Redpole | Robert Guillaume, Northam | 5.1808 | 29.7.1808 | 12.10.1808 | packet brig 2.1825 | ||
Helicon | John King, Upnor | 5.1808 | 8.8.1808 | 21.11.1808 | BU 7.1829 | ||
Lyra | John Dudman & Co., Deptford | 5.1808 | 22.8.1808 | 5.10.1808 | sold 7.1818 | ||
Beaver | Jabez Bailey, Ipswich | 10.1808 | 16.2.1809 | 10.9.1809 | sold 6.1829 | ||
Drake | Jabez Bailey, Ipswich | 8.1808 | 3.11.1808 | 7.3.1809 | wrecked 22.6.1822 | ||
Rosario | Jabez Bailey, Ipswich | 8.1808 | 7.12.1808 | 29.5.1809 | sold 11.1832 | ||
Renard | John King, Upnor | 8.1808 | 5.12.1808 | 27.6.1809 | sold 6.1818 | ||
Tyrian | Robert Guillaume, Northam | 8.1808 | 16.12.1808 | 10.4.1809 | sold 7.1819 | ||
Bermuda | John Pelham, Frindsbury | 8.1808 | 20.12.1808 | 8.7.1809 | wrecked 16.11.1816 | ||
Rhodian | Robert Guillaume, Northam | 8.1808 | 3.1.1809 | 30.3.1809 | wrecked 21.2.1813 | ||
Sarpedon | John Warwick, Eling | 9.1808 | 1.2.1809 | 23.6.1809 | wrecked 1.1.1813 | ||
Sphinx | East India Co., Bombay | 5.1814 | 25.1.1815 | 3.4.1815 | packet brig 2.1825 | ||
Cameleon | East India Co., Bombay | 3.1815 | 15.1.1816 | 19.1.1816 | BU 4.1849 | ||
Alacrity | Deptford DYd | 10.1817 | 29.12.1818 | 8.8.1820 | sold 8.1835 | ||
Bustard | Chatham DYd | 11.1817 | 12.12.1818 | 1.1819 | sold 6.1829 | ||
Brisk | Chatham DYd | 11.1817 | 10.2.1819 | 22.5.1819 | brigantine 6.1831, sold 11.1843 | ||
Delight | Portsmouth DYd | 11.1817 | 10.5.1819 | 31.8.1822 | foundered 23.2.1824 | ||
Cygnet | Portsmouth DYd | 11.1817 | 11.5.1819 | 10.9.1819 | packet brig 3.1824 | ||
Ariel | Deptford DYd | 2.1819 | 28.7.1820 | 7.1821 // --- | completed as packet brig | ||
Eclipse | Plymouth DYd | 3.1818 | 23.7.1819 | 19.8.1819 | packet brig 9.1823 | ||
Falcon | Pembroke DYd | 5.1818 | 10.6.1820 | 3.8.1820 | steam sloop 1833, sailing sloop 1834, sold 8.1838 | ||
Beagle | Woolwich DYd | 6.1818 | 11.5.1820 | 19.7.1820 | survey ship 3.1826 | ||
Barracouta | Woolwich DYd | 6.1818 | 13.5.1820 | 11.1.1822 | packet brig 7.1829 | ||
Emulous | Plymouth DYd | 6.1818 | 16.12.1819 | 14.12.1823 // --- | completed as packet brig | ||
Frolic | Pembroke DYd | 8.1818 | 10.6.1820 | 3.8.1820 | packet brig 2.1823 | ||
Lyra | Plymouth DYd | 3.1819 | 1.6.1821 | 8.1821 | tender 6.1823 | ||
Jasper | Portsmouth DYd | 5.1819 | 26.7.1820 | 8.8.1820 | wrecked 11.10.1828 | ||
Britomart | Portsmouth DYd | 6.1819 | 24.8.1820 | 5.9.1820 | sold 4.1843 | ||
Partridge | Plymouth DYd | 12.1819 | 22.3.1822 | 30.8.1823 | wrecked 28.11.1824 | ||
Reynard | Pembroke DYd | 5.1820 | 26.10.1821 | 9.1823 | packet brig 6.1829 | ||
Weazle | Chatham DYd | 5.1820 | 26.3.1822 | 10.11.1823 | sold 4.1844 | ||
Kingfisher | Woolwich DYd | 12.1820 | 11.3.1823 | 6.3.1824 // --- | completed as packet brig | ||
Procris | Chatham DYd | 3.1821 | 21.6.1822 | 9.3.1826 | sold 1.1837 | ||
Algerine | Deptford DYd | 4.1821 | 10.6.1823 | 27.5.1824 | foundered 9.1.1826 | ||
Magnet | Woolwich DYd | 6.1821 | 13.3.1823 | 14.12.1823 // --- | completed as packet brig | ||
Zephyr | Pembroke DYd | 11.1821 | 1.11.1823 | 23.6.1824 // --- | completed as packet brig | ||
Opossum | Sheerness DYd | 11.1819 | 11.12.1821 | 3.5.1829 // --- | completed as packet brig | ||
Onyx | Sheerness DYd | 11.1819 | 24.1.1822 | 29.9.1827 // --- | completed as tender | ||
Plover | Portsmouth DYd | 8.1820 | 30.6.1821 | 18.7.1821 | packet brig 3.1824 | ||
Ferret | Portsmouth DYd | 8.1820 | 12.10.1821 | 27.12.1821 | sold 1.1837 | ||
Hope | Plymouth DYd | 3.1822 | 8.12.1824 | 1.6.1825 // --- | completed as packet brig | ||
Mutine | Plymouth DYd | 4.1822 | 19.5.1825 | 21.10.1826 // --- | completed as packet brig | ||
Tyrian | Woolwich DYd | 4.1823 | 16.9.1826 | 16.11.1826 // --- | completed as packet brig | ||
Philomel | Portsmouth DYd | 6.1821 | 28.4.1823 | 23.5.1823 | sold 12.1833 | ||
Royalist | Portsmouth DYd | 8.1821 | 12.5.1823 | 23.5.1823 | tender 5.1826 | ||
Leveret | Portsmouth DYd | 5.1823 | 19.2.1825 | 27.3.1825 | tender 5.1826 | ||
Musquito | Portsmouth DYd | 5.1823 | 19.2.1825 | 28.7.1827 | sold 11.1843 | ||
Hearty | Chatham DYd | 7.1823 | 22.10.1824 | 26.7.1827 // --- | completed as packet brig | ||
Myrtle | Portsmouth DYd | 7.1823 | 14.9.1825 | 27.10.1827 // --- | completed as packet brig | ||
Lapwing | Chatham DYd | 9.1823 | 20.2.1825 | 6.1.1829 // --- | completed as packet brig | ||
Sheldrake | Pembroke DYd | 11.1823 | 19.5.1825 | 21.10.1826 // --- | completed as packet brig | ||
Harpy | Chatham DYd | 3.1824 | 16.7.1825 | 13.5.1828 | sold 5.1841 | ||
Fairy | Chatham DYd | 7.1824 | 25.4.1826 | 17.7.1827 | survey vessel 4.1832 | ||
Skylark | Pembroke DYd | 5.1825 | 6.5.1826 | 22.2.1827 // --- | completed as packet brig | ||
Espoir | Chatham DYd | 1.1825 | 9.5.1826 | 14.8.1827 | sold 1857 | ||
Calypso (ex-Hyaena) | Chatham DYd | 3.1825 | 19.8.1826 | 29.10.1826 // 5.1829 | commissioned as yacht, returned to Navy 5.1829, packet brig 10.1829 | ||
Spey | Pembroke DYd | 7.1825 | 6.10.1827 | 17.11.1828 // --- | completed as packet brig | ||
Pigeon (ex-Variable) | Pembroke DYd | 5.1826 | 6.10.1827 | 23.2.1829 // --- | completed as packet brig | ||
Briseis | Deptford DYd | 8.1827 | 3.7.1829 | 2.11.1829 // --- | completed as packet brig | ||
Rapid | Portsmouth DYd | 1.1824 | 17.8.1829 | 23.11.1829 | wrecked 12.4.1838 | ||
Recruit | Portsmouth DYd | 2.1825 | 17.8.1829 | 18.8.1831 // --- | completed as tender | ||
Reindeer | Plymouth DYd | 12.1824 | 29.9.1829 | 2.3.1830 // --- | completed as packet brig | ||
Thais | Pembroke DYd | 7.1828 | 12.10.1829 | 6.1832 // --- | completed as packet brig | ||
Rolla | Plymouth DYd | 6.1825 | 10.12.1829 | 4.1.1834 | training brig 2.1848, tender 12.1853 | ||
Savage | Plymouth DYd | 10.1829 | 29.12.1830 | 19.3.1831 | hulk 6.1848 | ||
Saracen | Plymouth DYd | 12.1829 | 30.1.1831 | 30.1.1834 | survey vessel 2.1854 | ||
Scorpion | Plymouth DYd | 6.1830 | 28.7.1832 | 22.2.1834 | survey vessel 5.1849 | ||
Sealark | Plymouth DYd | 11.1830 | --- | --- | cancelled 1.1831 | ||
Termagant | Portsmouth DYd | 10.1829 | 26.3.1838 | 9.6.1838 | brigantine, sold 3.1845 | ||
Lynx | Portsmouth DYd | 2.1830 | 2.9.1833 | 13.12.1833 | brigantine, BU 12.1845 | ||
Nautilus | Woolwich DYd | 4.1829 | 11.3.1830 | 28.6.1830 | tender 1852 | ||
Curlew | Woolwich DYd | 11.1829 | 25.2.1830 | 28.6.1830 | BU 8.1849 | ||
Delight | Chatham DYd | 8.1827 | 27.11.1829 | 25.1.1830 // --- | completed as packet brig | ||
Algerine | Chatham DYd | 10.1827 | 1.8.1829 | 5.10.1829 | sold 4.1844 | ||
Griffon | Chatham DYd | 7.1830 | 11.9.1832 | 2.1.1833 | brigantine, harbour service 1854 | ||
Forester | Chatham DYd | 9.1830 | 28.8.1832 | 2.1.1833 | brigantine, sold 11.1843 | ||
Partridge | Pembroke DYd | 8.1828 | 12.10.1829 | 24.4.1836 // --- | completed as tender | ||
Wizard | Pembroke DYd | 10.1829 | 24.5.1830 | 15.6.1837 | wrecked 8.2.1859 | ||
Charybdis | Portsmouth DYd | 12.1829 | 27.2.1831 | 11.7.1831 | brigantine, sold 11.1843 | ||
Buzzard | Portsmouth DYd | 12.1829 | 23.3.1834 | 27.8.1834 | brigantine, sold 11.1843 |
Displacement normal, t |
235bm 297 normal |
Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
22.5 gundeck |
Breadth, m |
7.47 |
Draught, m |
3.35 hold depth |
No of shafts |
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Machinery |
sails |
Power, h. p. |
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Max speed, kts |
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Fuel, t |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
8 x 1 - 139/8 18pdr carronades, 2 x 1 - 93/16 6pdr SBML brigantines: 1 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 40cwt SBML, 2 x 1 - 145/8 24pdr 10cwt SBML carronades |
Complement |
75 brigantines: 50 |
Project history: 10-gun brigs, the only brigs with 18pdr carronades on their broadside. Design of Henry Peake approved in 1807. Halcyon, Hyaena (ex-Calypso), Foxhound, Helena were cancelled. Forester, Griffon were reordered as another class. Alban, Carron, Columbia, Confiance, Dee, Echo were reordered as paddle steamer before they were laid down.
Modernizations: 1831, Brisk: as brigantines were armed with 1 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 40cwt SBML, 2 x 1 - 145/8 24pdr 10cwt SBML carronades, complement 50
1833, Falcon: converted to steam sloop, reconverted to sailing brig in 1834.
Naval service: Achates wrecked off Guadeloupe 7.2.1810. Parthian wrecked off Alexandria 15.5.1828. Briseis wrecked on Point Pedras (Cuba) 5.11.1818. Jasper wrecked in a gale at Plymouth Sound 20.1.1817. Ephira wrecked in Cadiz Bay 26.12.1811. Wild Boar wrecked on the Runnelstone (Scilly Isles) 15.2.1810. Drake wrecked on E end of St. Shott's near Cape Race (Newfoundland) 22.6.1822. Bermuda wrecked on Tampico Bar 16.11.1816. Rhodian wrecked at Port Royal harbour 21.2.1813. Sarpedon wrecked on Norwegian coast 1.1.1813. Delight foundered 23.2.1824 off Port Louis, Mauritius. Jasper wrecked off Santa Maura (Levkas) 13.10.1828. Partridge wrecked by stranding in the Texel 28.11.1824. Algerine was lost, presumably foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 9.1.1826. Rapid wrecked off Tunisia 12.4.1838. Wizard wrecked at Berehaven in Bantry Bay 8.2.1859.
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