Conway class post ship
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The Conway class sailing sixth rates were a series of ten Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
post ship
Post ship
Post ship was a designation used in the Royal Navy during the Age of Sail to describe a ship of the sixth-rate that was smaller than a frigate , but by virtue of being a rated ship , had to have as its captain a post captain rather than a lieutenant or commander...
s built to an 1812 design by Sir William Rule. All ten were ordered on 18 January 1812, and nine of these were launched during 1814, at the end of the Napoleonic War; the last (Tees) was delayed and was launched in 1817.
These ships were originally designated as "sloops", but were nominally rated as sixth rates of 20 guns when built, as their 12-pdr carronade
Carronade
The carronade was a short smoothbore, cast iron cannon, developed for the Royal Navy by the Carron Company, an ironworks in Falkirk, Scotland, UK. It was used from the 1770s to the 1850s. Its main function was to serve as a powerful, short-range anti-ship and anti-crew weapon...
s were not included in the official rating. When this changed in February 1817, they were rated at 28 guns.
Ships in class
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- Builder: William Courtney, ChesterChesterChester is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the...
- Laid down: March 1813
- Launched: March 1814
- Completed: 26 April 1814 at Plymouth Dockyard
- Fate: Broken up at PortsmouthPortsmouthPortsmouth is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is notable for being the United Kingdom's only island city; it is located mainly on Portsea Island...
in 1852. - Builder: William Courtney, ChesterChesterChester is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the...
- Laid down: March 1813
- Launched: 19 May 1814
- Completed: 20 June 1814
- Fate: Broken up at PortsmouthPortsmouthPortsmouth is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is notable for being the United Kingdom's only island city; it is located mainly on Portsea Island...
in 1833. - Builder: John Pelham, FrindsburyFrindsburyFrindsbury is part of the Medway Towns conurbation in Kent, southern England. It lies on the opposite side of the River Medway to Rochester, and at various times in its history has been considered fully or partially part of the City of Rochester. Frindsbury refers to both a parish and a manor....
- Laid down: May 1813
- Launched: 10 March 1814
- Completed: 7 November 1814
- Fate: Sold in 1825.
- Builder: Josiah & Thomas Brindley, FrindsburyFrindsburyFrindsbury is part of the Medway Towns conurbation in Kent, southern England. It lies on the opposite side of the River Medway to Rochester, and at various times in its history has been considered fully or partially part of the City of Rochester. Frindsbury refers to both a parish and a manor....
- Laid down: May 1813
- Launched: 23 March 1814
- Completed: 5 November 1814
- Fate: Sold in 1837.
- Builder: Jabez Bailey, IpswichIpswichIpswich is a large town and a non-metropolitan district. It is the county town of Suffolk, England. Ipswich is located on the estuary of the River Orwell...
- Laid down: May 1813
- Launched: 5 May 1814
- Completed: 29 October 1814
- Fate: Sold in 1819.
- Builder: Balthazar Adams, Bucklers HardBucklers HardBucklers Hard is a hamlet situated on the banks of the Beaulieu River in the English county of Hampshire.- Overview :With its Georgian cottages running down to the river, Bucklers Hard is part of the 9,000 acre Beaulieu Estate...
- Laid down: May 1813
- Launched: 6 May 1814
- Completed: 6 December 1814
- Fate: Broken up at PlymouthPlymouthPlymouth is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England, about south-west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound...
in 1822. - Builder: Josiah & Thomas Brindley, FrindsburyFrindsburyFrindsbury is part of the Medway Towns conurbation in Kent, southern England. It lies on the opposite side of the River Medway to Rochester, and at various times in its history has been considered fully or partially part of the City of Rochester. Frindsbury refers to both a parish and a manor....
- Laid down: June 1813
- Launched: 5 April 1814
- Completed: 8 December 1814
- Fate: Broken up in 1853.
- Builder: Robert Davy, TopshamTopshamTopsham may refer to:United Kingdom:* Topsham, DevonUnited States:* Topsham, Maine, a town** Topsham , Maine, a census-designated place in the town* Topsham, Vermont, a town...
, ExeterExeterExeter is a historic city in Devon, England. It lies within the ceremonial county of Devon, of which it is the county town as well as the home of Devon County Council. Currently the administrative area has the status of a non-metropolitan district, and is therefore under the administration of the... - Laid down: August 1813
- Launched: 20 May 1814
- Completed: 9 November 1814
- Fate: Sold in 1825.
- Builder: Benjamin Hobbs & George Hellyer, Redbridge, SouthamptonSouthamptonSouthampton is the largest city in the county of Hampshire on the south coast of England, and is situated south-west of London and north-west of Portsmouth. Southampton is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest...
- Laid down: September 1813
- Launched: 17 August 1814
- Completed: 10 July 1815
- Fate: Broken up at DeptfordDeptfordDeptford is a district of south London, England, located on the south bank of the River Thames. It is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne, and from the mid 16th century to the late 19th was home to Deptford Dockyard, the first of the Royal Navy Dockyards.Deptford and the docks are...
in 1852. - Builder: William Taylor, BidefordBidefordBideford is a small port town on the estuary of the River Torridge in north Devon, south-west England. It is also the main town of the Torridge local government district.-History:...
- Laid down: October 1813
- Launched: 17 May 1817
- Completed: 30 May 1818
- Fate: Sold in 1872.
- Builder: William Courtney, Chester