Seagull class brig-sloop
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The Seagull class were built as a class of thirteen 16-gun brig-sloops for the Royal Navy
, although an extra 2 carronade
s were added soon after completion. The class was designed by one of the Surveyors of the Navy - Sir William Rule - and approved on 4 January 1805. Five vessels to this design were ordered in December 1804; eight more were ordered in the summer.
s, whose main battery was composed of 32-pounder carronades, the Seagull class (and the similar Fly-class brig-sloop
s designed by Rule's co-surveyor - Sir John Henslow) were armed with a main battery of 24-pounder carronades.
Royal Navy
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, although an extra 2 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 added soon after completion. The class was designed by one of the Surveyors of the Navy - Sir William Rule - and approved on 4 January 1805. Five vessels to this design were ordered in December 1804; eight more were ordered in the summer.
Armament
Unlike the larger Cruiser-class brig-sloopCruizer class brig-sloop
The Cruizer class was an 18-gun class of brig-sloops of the Royal Navy. Brig-sloops were the same as ship-sloops except for their rigging...
s, whose main battery was composed of 32-pounder carronades, the Seagull class (and the similar Fly-class brig-sloop
Fly class brig-sloop
The Fly class were built as a 16-gun class of brig-sloops for the Royal Navy, although an extra two carronades were added soon after completion. The class was designed by one of the Surveyors of the Navy - Sir John Henslow - and approved in 1805...
s designed by Rule's co-surveyor - Sir John Henslow) were armed with a main battery of 24-pounder carronades.
Ships
| Name | Launched |
|---|---|
| HMS Seagull HMS Seagull (1805) HMS Seagull was the name vessel for the Seagull class of brig-sloops of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 1 July 1805 and saw active service under the British flag in Danish waters until 19 June 1808 when Dano-Norwegian forces sank her. The Danes raised her and refitted her for service in the... |
1 July 1805 |
| HMS Oberon HMS Oberon (1805) HMS Oberon was a 16-gun brig-sloop of the Seagull class built at Kingston upon Hull and launched in 1805. She was constructed at the James Shepheard Shipyard, Sutton.-Service:... |
13 August 1805 |
| HMS Imogen | 11 July 1805 |
| HMS Nightingale | 29 July 1805 |
| HMS Savage | 30 July 1805 |
| HMS Skylark | February 1806 |
| HMS Paulina | 7 December 1805 |
| HMS Delight | June 1806 |
| HMS Orestes | 23 October 1805 |
| HMS Electra | 21 January 1806 |
| HMS Julia | 4 February 1806 |
| HMS Satellite | March 1806 |
| HMS Sheldrake HMS Sheldrake (1806) HMS Sheldrake was a Royal Navy 16-gun Seagull-class brig-sloop. She was built in Hythe and launched in 1806. She fought in the Napoleonic Wars and at the Battle of Anholt during the Gunboat War. She was stationed in the mouth of the River Loire in 1814 after Napoleon's abdication to prevent his... |
21 March 1806 |