Cruizer class brig-sloop
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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. A ship-sloop was rigged with three masts whereas a brig-sloop was rigged as a brig
with two masts — a fore mast and a main mast.
The Cruizer class was the most numerous class of warships built by the British during the Napoleonic wars, with 110 vessels built to this design, and the second most numerous class of sailing warship built to a single design for any navy at any time, after the smaller 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloops
.
Of the vessels in the class, eight (8%) were lost to the enemy, either destroyed or taken. Another was taken, but retaken. Fourteen (13%) were wrecked while in British service. Lastly, four (4%) foundered while in British service. In all cases of foundering and in many cases of wrecking all the crew was lost. Many of the vessels in the class were sold, some into mercantile service. One at least was wrecked. The fate of the others is generally unknown.
placed new orders for four flush-decked sloops, to differing designs by the two Surveyors of the Navy — Sir William Rule and Sir John Henslow. In order to compare the qualities of ship-rigged and brig-rigged vessels, one vessel to each design was to be completed as a ship-sloop and the other as a brig-sloop. While the Henslow-designed vessels (the brig-sloop Busy and the ship-sloop Echo) would see no further sisters built, the Rule-designed vessels (the brig-sloop Cruizer and the ship-sloop Snake would each have a single sister ordered in the following March, and Rule's Cruizer design would subsequently see 106 constructed during the Napoleonic War. The hull design was exceeding fine (narrow as compared to length), a noted deadrise amidships, and a sharp scheer, giving away the design that had origins in the smaller cutter-type designs.
The order placed in March 1797 for the first sister to the Cruizer was subsequently cancelled, but new orders were placed from 1802 up to 1813. A final order in 1815 (HMS Samarang) was cancelled in 1820.
The Cruizer-class brig-sloops proved to be fast sailers and seaworthy, and the 32-pounder carronade armament gave them enormous short-range firepower, exceeding the nominal broadside of a standard 36-gun 18-pounder frigate. To a Royal Navy increasingly desperate for manpower, the great attraction of the design was that — thanks to the two-masted rig and the use of carronades with their small gun crews — this firepower could be delivered by a crew only a third the size of a frigate's. The Dutch built three 18 gun-brigs — Zwaluw, Mercuur and Kemphaan — to a similar design; in one case apparently a copy, though without the square tuck stern. The Russian brig Olymp was also built to the same lines.
The naval historian C.S. Forester commented in relation to the smaller gun-brigs (brig-rigged vessels of under 200 tons) that
It should be noted that later in the same book he was more complementary as regards the larger brigs such as the Cruizer class HMS Penguin
.
Perhaps the most salient aspect of his statement is that the Cruizer-class and it's smaller sister class, the Cherokee class, highlight the huge expansion of the Royal Navy. Whatever else one may say of the class, the Cruizer-class brig-sloops were both fast and provided serious firepower for minimal crewing, characteristics that appealed to a Navy suffering serious and ever increasing staffing shortages. The class proved to be ideal for many of the shallow water commitments in the Baltic and Ionian Seas, as well as around Danish waters.
, several of the class fell victim to larger American ship-rigged sloops of war of nominally the same class. The American vessels enjoyed an advantage in weight of broadside and number of crew. The ship-rigged sloops enjoyed the ability to back sail, and their rigging proved more resistant to damage; by contrast, a single hit to the brig-sloop's rig could render it unmanageable. In many cases, however, the American advantage was in the quality of their crews, as the American sloops generally had hand-picked volunteer crews, while the brigs belonging to the overstretched Royal Navy had to make do with crews filled out with landsmen picked up by the press gang
.
The comparison was made in the London press unfavorably and was not entirely fair. The American ship-rigged sloops were bigger vessels, averaging just over 500 tons (bm); the Cruizer-class vessels were not quite 400 tons (bm). The crew sizes were disproportionate at 175 to 120, and at least some of the Cruizer-class in these combats were outfitted with 24-pounder carronades vice the normal 32-pounders. The rigging was often the deciding factor as the USS Peacock vs. HMS Epervier combat would highlight. When HSM Espeigle lost her main topmast and had her foremast damaged she was disabled. USS Wasp, in another combat, would retain control despite the loss of her gaff, main topmast, and the mizzen topgallant. USS Wasp vs. HMS Avon provides another example. Despite being fought gallantly, Avon was crippled by loss of a gaff. She then lost her main mast, which loss rendered her immobile. The Cyrus-class
vessels, built in 1813-1814, were intended as an answer to the American ship-rigged sloops.
Ship class
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of brig-sloops of the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
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. Brig-sloops were the same as ship-sloops except for their rigging. A ship-sloop was rigged with three masts whereas a brig-sloop was rigged as a brig
Brig
A brig is a sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts. During the Age of Sail, brigs were seen as fast and manoeuvrable and were used as both naval warships and merchant vessels. They were especially popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries...
with two masts — a fore mast and a main mast.
The Cruizer class was the most numerous class of warships built by the British during the Napoleonic wars, with 110 vessels built to this design, and the second most numerous class of sailing warship built to a single design for any navy at any time, after the smaller 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloops
Cherokee class brig-sloop
The Cherokee class was a 10-gun class of brig-sloops of the Royal Navy. Brig-sloops are sloops-of-war with two masts rather than the three masts of ship-sloops...
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Of the vessels in the class, eight (8%) were lost to the enemy, either destroyed or taken. Another was taken, but retaken. Fourteen (13%) were wrecked while in British service. Lastly, four (4%) foundered while in British service. In all cases of foundering and in many cases of wrecking all the crew was lost. Many of the vessels in the class were sold, some into mercantile service. One at least was wrecked. The fate of the others is generally unknown.
Design
In December 1796, the Navy BoardNavy Board
The Navy Board is today the body responsible for the day-to-day running of the British Royal Navy. Its composition is identical to that of the Admiralty Board of the Defence Council of the United Kingdom, except that it does not include any of Her Majesty's Ministers.From 1546 to 1831, the Navy...
placed new orders for four flush-decked sloops, to differing designs by the two Surveyors of the Navy — Sir William Rule and Sir John Henslow. In order to compare the qualities of ship-rigged and brig-rigged vessels, one vessel to each design was to be completed as a ship-sloop and the other as a brig-sloop. While the Henslow-designed vessels (the brig-sloop Busy and the ship-sloop Echo) would see no further sisters built, the Rule-designed vessels (the brig-sloop Cruizer and the ship-sloop Snake would each have a single sister ordered in the following March, and Rule's Cruizer design would subsequently see 106 constructed during the Napoleonic War. The hull design was exceeding fine (narrow as compared to length), a noted deadrise amidships, and a sharp scheer, giving away the design that had origins in the smaller cutter-type designs.
The order placed in March 1797 for the first sister to the Cruizer was subsequently cancelled, but new orders were placed from 1802 up to 1813. A final order in 1815 (HMS Samarang) was cancelled in 1820.
The Cruizer-class brig-sloops proved to be fast sailers and seaworthy, and the 32-pounder carronade armament gave them enormous short-range firepower, exceeding the nominal broadside of a standard 36-gun 18-pounder frigate. To a Royal Navy increasingly desperate for manpower, the great attraction of the design was that — thanks to the two-masted rig and the use of carronades with their small gun crews — this firepower could be delivered by a crew only a third the size of a frigate's. The Dutch built three 18 gun-brigs — Zwaluw, Mercuur and Kemphaan — to a similar design; in one case apparently a copy, though without the square tuck stern. The Russian brig Olymp was also built to the same lines.
The naval historian C.S. Forester commented in relation to the smaller gun-brigs (brig-rigged vessels of under 200 tons) that
The type was a necessary one but represented the inevitable unsatisfactory compromise when a vessel has to be designed to fight, to be seaworthy and to have a long endurance, all on a minimum displacement and at minimum expense. Few men in the Royal Navy had a good word to say for the gun-brigs, which rolled terribly and were greatly over-crowded, but they had to be employed.
It should be noted that later in the same book he was more complementary as regards the larger brigs such as the Cruizer class HMS Penguin
HMS Penguin (1813)
HMS Penguin was a Royal Navy Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1813. In 1815 the USS Hornet captured Penguin in a battle that took place after the end of the War of 1812. Hornet then scuttled Penguin as she was too damaged to merit keeping.-Service:Penguin was commissioned in November 1813 under...
.
Perhaps the most salient aspect of his statement is that the Cruizer-class and it's smaller sister class, the Cherokee class, highlight the huge expansion of the Royal Navy. Whatever else one may say of the class, the Cruizer-class brig-sloops were both fast and provided serious firepower for minimal crewing, characteristics that appealed to a Navy suffering serious and ever increasing staffing shortages. The class proved to be ideal for many of the shallow water commitments in the Baltic and Ionian Seas, as well as around Danish waters.
Service in the War of 1812
During the Anglo-American War of 1812War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire. The Americans declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions because of Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American merchant...
, several of the class fell victim to larger American ship-rigged sloops of war of nominally the same class. The American vessels enjoyed an advantage in weight of broadside and number of crew. The ship-rigged sloops enjoyed the ability to back sail, and their rigging proved more resistant to damage; by contrast, a single hit to the brig-sloop's rig could render it unmanageable. In many cases, however, the American advantage was in the quality of their crews, as the American sloops generally had hand-picked volunteer crews, while the brigs belonging to the overstretched Royal Navy had to make do with crews filled out with landsmen picked up by the press gang
Impressment
Impressment, colloquially, "the Press", was the act of taking men into a navy by force and without notice. It was used by the Royal Navy, beginning in 1664 and during the 18th and early 19th centuries, in wartime, as a means of crewing warships, although legal sanction for the practice goes back to...
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The comparison was made in the London press unfavorably and was not entirely fair. The American ship-rigged sloops were bigger vessels, averaging just over 500 tons (bm); the Cruizer-class vessels were not quite 400 tons (bm). The crew sizes were disproportionate at 175 to 120, and at least some of the Cruizer-class in these combats were outfitted with 24-pounder carronades vice the normal 32-pounders. The rigging was often the deciding factor as the USS Peacock vs. HMS Epervier combat would highlight. When HSM Espeigle lost her main topmast and had her foremast damaged she was disabled. USS Wasp, in another combat, would retain control despite the loss of her gaff, main topmast, and the mizzen topgallant. USS Wasp vs. HMS Avon provides another example. Despite being fought gallantly, Avon was crippled by loss of a gaff. She then lost her main mast, which loss rendered her immobile. The Cyrus-class
Cyrus class post ship
The Cyrus-class sixth rates of the Royal Navy were a series of sixteen post ships built to an 1812 design by Sir William Rule, the Surveyor of the Navy. The first nine ships of the class were launched in 1813 and the remaining seven in 1814. The vessels of the class served at the end of the...
vessels, built in 1813-1814, were intended as an answer to the American ship-rigged sloops.
Ships
The following table lists the Cruizer-class brig-sloops by the date on which the Admiralty ordered them.| Name | Ordered | Builder | Launched | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cruizer HMS Cruizer (1797) HMS Cruizer was a Royal Navy Cruizer-class brig-sloop built by Stephen Teague of Ipswich and launched in 1797. She was the first ship of the class, but there was a gap of 5 years between her launch and the ordering of the next batch in October 1803; by 1815 a total of 105 other vessels had been... |
19 December 1796 | Stephen Teague, Ipswich Ipswich Ipswich 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... |
20 December 1797 | Broken up February 1819 |
| unnamed | 15 March 1797 | Thomas Pitcher, Northfleet Northfleet Northfleet is a town in the Borough of Gravesham in Kent, England. Its name is derived from North creek , and the settlement on the shore of the River Thames adjacent to Gravesend was known as Norfluet in the Domesday Book, and Northflet in 1201... |
never commenced | order subsequently cancelled |
St Vincent's Board
The Board ordered 19 in 1802 and 1803.| Name | Ordered | Builder | Launched | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scorpion HMS Scorpion (1803) HMS Scorpion was a Royal Navy Cruizer-class brig-sloop built by John King at Dover and launched in 1803. She was the first of the class to be built since the launching of Cruizer in 1797... |
27 November 1802 | John King, Dover Dover Dover is a town and major ferry port in the home county of Kent, in South East England. It faces France across the narrowest part of the English Channel, and lies south-east of Canterbury; east of Kent's administrative capital Maidstone; and north-east along the coastline from Dungeness and Hastings... |
17 October 1803 | Sold 1819 |
| Dispatch HMS Dispatch (1804) HMS Dispatch was a Royal Navy Cruizer-class brig-sloop built by Richard Symons & Co. at Falmouth and launched in 1804. Dispatch was instrumental in the capture of a 40-gun French frigate and was active at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1807. She also sailed on the Jamaica station... |
27 November 1802 | Richard Symons, Falmouth Falmouth, Cornwall Falmouth is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a total resident population of 21,635.Falmouth is the terminus of the A39, which begins some 200 miles away in Bath, Somerset.... |
26 May 1804 | Broken up 1811 |
| Scout HMS Scout (1804) HMS Scout was a Cruizer-class brig-sloop built by Peter Atkinson & Co. at Hull and launched in 1804. She participated in a number of actions and captured several privateers in the Mediterranean during the Napoleonic Wars. She was broken up in 1827.... |
27 November 1802 | Peter Atkinson, Hull Kingston upon Hull Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of... |
7 August 1804 | Sold 1827 |
| Musquito HMS Musquito (1804) HMS Musquito was a Royal Navy Cruizer-class brig-sloop built by John Preston at Great Yarmouth and launched in 1804. She was commissioned in October 1804 under Commander Samuel Jackson. She served in the North Sea and the Baltic, and Jackson supervised the first successful rocket attack in Europe... |
27 November 1802 | John Preston, Great Yarmouth Great Yarmouth Great Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is a coastal town in Norfolk, England. It is at the mouth of the River Yare, east of Norwich.It has been a seaside resort since 1760, and is the gateway from the Norfolk Broads to the sea... |
4 September 1804 | Sold 1822 |
| Swallow | 27 November 1802 | Benjamin Tanner, Dartmouth Dartmouth, Devon Dartmouth is a town and civil parish in the English county of Devon. It is a tourist destination set on the banks of the estuary of the River Dart, which is a long narrow tidal ria that runs inland as far as Totnes... |
24 December 1805 | Broken up 1815 |
| Ferret HMS Ferret (1806) HMS Ferret was a Royal Navy Cruizer-class brig-sloop built by Benjamin Tanner at Dartmouth and launched in 1806, 19 months late. She served on the Jamaica, Halifax, and Leith stations during which time she took three privateers as prizes before she was wrecked in 1813.-Service:She was commissioned... |
27 November 1802 | Benjamin Tanner, Dartmouth Dartmouth, Devon Dartmouth is a town and civil parish in the English county of Devon. It is a tourist destination set on the banks of the estuary of the River Dart, which is a long narrow tidal ria that runs inland as far as Totnes... |
4 January 1806 | Abandoned as a wreck 1813 |
| Leveret HMS Leveret (1806) HMS Leveret was a Cruizer-class brig-sloop built by John King at Dover and launched in 1806. She was commissioned under Commander George Salt. She sailed for the Mediterranean in April 1807 and was off Cadiz in July. Later she sailed to the Baltic... |
16 July 1803 | John King, Dover Dover Dover is a town and major ferry port in the home county of Kent, in South East England. It faces France across the narrowest part of the English Channel, and lies south-east of Canterbury; east of Kent's administrative capital Maidstone; and north-east along the coastline from Dungeness and Hastings... |
14 January 1806 | Wrecked 1807 |
| Belette HMS Belette (1806) HMS Belette was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop, built by King at Dover and launched on 21 March 1806. During the Napoleonic Wars she served with some success in the Baltic and the Caribbean... |
16 July 1803 | John King, Dover Dover Dover is a town and major ferry port in the home county of Kent, in South East England. It faces France across the narrowest part of the English Channel, and lies south-east of Canterbury; east of Kent's administrative capital Maidstone; and north-east along the coastline from Dungeness and Hastings... |
21 March 1806 | Wrecked 1812 |
| Amaranthe HMS Amaranthe (1804) HMS Amaranthe was an 18-gun Royal Navy Cruizer-class brig-sloop built by John Dudman at Deptford Wharf and launched in 1804. She served in the Caribbean, taking part in two actions that gained those members of her crew that survived until 1847 the Naval General Service Medal... |
15 October 1803 | John Dudman, Deptford Wharf | 20 November 1804 | Sold 1815 |
| Calypso HMS Calypso (1805) HMS Calypso was a Royal Navy Cruizer-class brig-sloop. She was built at Deptford Wharf between 1804 and 1805, and launched in 1805. She served in the North Sea and the Baltic, most notably at the Battle of Lyngør, which effectively ended the Gunboat War... |
15 October 1803 | John Dudman, Deptford Wharf | 2 February 1805 | Broken up 1821 |
| Espoir | 7 November 1803 | John King, Dover Dover Dover is a town and major ferry port in the home county of Kent, in South East England. It faces France across the narrowest part of the English Channel, and lies south-east of Canterbury; east of Kent's administrative capital Maidstone; and north-east along the coastline from Dungeness and Hastings... |
22 September 1804 | Broken up 1821 |
| Surinam HMS Surinam (1805) HMS Surinam was a Cruizer-class brig-sloop built by Obadiah Ayles at Topsham, Exeter and launched in 1805. She captured two prizes during her twenty-year career and took part in one battle before she was broken up in 1825.-War service:... |
7 November 1803 | Obadiah Ayles, Topsham Topsham Topsham 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... |
January 1805 | Sold for breaking up 1825 |
| Wolverine HMS Wolverine (1805) HMS Wolverine was a Royal Navy 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop, launched in 1805 at Topsham, near Exeter. Early in her career she was involved in two fratricidal incidents, one involving a British frigate and then a newsworthy case in which she helped capture a British slave ship... |
7 November 1803 | Thomas Owen, Topsham Topsham Topsham 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... |
1 March 1805 | Sold 1816 |
| Moselle | 7 November 1803 | John King, Dover Dover Dover is a town and major ferry port in the home county of Kent, in South East England. It faces France across the narrowest part of the English Channel, and lies south-east of Canterbury; east of Kent's administrative capital Maidstone; and north-east along the coastline from Dungeness and Hastings... |
October 1804 | Sold 1815 |
| Weazle | 7 November 1803 | Thomas Owen, Topsham Topsham Topsham 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... |
2 March 1805 | Sold 1815 |
| Minorca | 7 November 1803 | Josiah & Thomas Brindley, King's Lynn King's Lynn King's Lynn is a sea port and market town in the ceremonial county of Norfolk in the East of England. It is situated north of London and west of Norwich. The population of the town is 42,800.... |
14 June 1805 | Broken up 1814 |
| Racehorse HMS Racehorse (1806) HMS Racehorse was a Royal Navy 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop built by Hamilton & Breeds and launched in 1806 at Hastings. She served in the Channel, where she captured a small privateer, and in the East Indies, where she participated in the capture of Île de France and the operations around it... |
7 November 1803 | Hamilton & Breeds, Hastings | 17 February 1806 | Wrecked 1822 |
| Avon HMS Avon (1805) HMS Avon was a Royal Navy Cruizer-class brig-sloop built by Symons at Falmouth and launched on 31 January 1805. In the War of 1812 she fought a desperate action with the USS Wasp that resulted in her sinking on 27 August 1814.-Service:... |
9 December 1803 | Richard Symons & Co., Falmouth | 31 January 1805 | Foundered as a result of damage in fight with U.S. 22-gun sloop-of-war Sloop-of-war In the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. As the rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above, this meant that the term sloop-of-war actually encompassed all the unrated combat vessels including the... Wasp USS Wasp (1814) USS Wasp was a sloop-of-war that served in the U.S. Navy in 1814 during the War of 1812. She was the fifth US Navy ship to carry that name.... 1814 |
| Rover | 9 December 1803 | Joseph Todd, Berwick | 13 February 1808 | Sold 1828 |
Melville's First Board
The Board ordered ordered six vessels to this design during May 1804, all of fir. Building of fir (pine) made for speedier construction at the cost of reduced durability in service.| Name | Ordered | Builder | Launched | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beagle HMS Beagle (1804) HMS Beagle was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1804, during the Napoleonic Wars. She played a major role in the Battle of the Basque Roads. Beagle was laid up in ordinary in 1813 and sold in 1814.-Career:... |
22 May 1804 | Perry, Wells & Green, Blackwall Yard Blackwall Yard Blackwall Yard was a shipyard on the Thames at Blackwall, London, engaged in ship building and later ship repairs for over 350 years. The yard closed in 1987... |
8 August 1804 | Sold 1814 |
| Elk HMS Elk (1804) HMS Elk was a Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1804 and broken up in 1812. She served on the Jamaica station where she captured a number of privateers.-Service:Elk was commissioned in September 1804 under Commander William Woolridge... |
22 May 1804 | Frances Barnard, Sons & Co., Deptford Dockyard | 22 August 1804 | Broken up 1812 |
| Raven HMS Raven (1804) HMS Raven was a Cruizer-class brig-sloop built by Perry, Wells and Green at Blackwall Yard and launched in 1804. Although she embodied some interesting innovations tailored for service in the area of the Straits of Gibraltar, she was wrecked before she got on station and never tested them... |
23 May 1804 | Perry, Wells & Green, Blackwall Yard Blackwall Yard Blackwall Yard was a shipyard on the Thames at Blackwall, London, engaged in ship building and later ship repairs for over 350 years. The yard closed in 1987... |
25 July 1804 | Wrecked 1805 |
| Saracen HMS Saracen (1804) HMS Saracen was a Royal Navy built by Perry, Green & Wells at Blackwall Yard and launched in 1804. She had a relatively short and uneventful career before she was broken up at Chatham in 1812.-Service:... |
23 May 1804 | Perry, Wells & Green, Blackwall Yard Blackwall Yard Blackwall Yard was a shipyard on the Thames at Blackwall, London, engaged in ship building and later ship repairs for over 350 years. The yard closed in 1987... |
25 July 1804 | Broken up 1812 |
| Reindeer HMS Reindeer (1804) HMS Reindeer was a Royal Navy 18-gun Cruizer class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, built by Samuel & Daniel Brent at Rotherhithe and was launched in 1804. She was built of fir, which made for more rapid construction at the expense of durability... |
23 May 1804 | Samuel & Daniel Brent, Rotherhithe | 15 August 1804 | Taken by USS Wasp USS Wasp (1814) USS Wasp was a sloop-of-war that served in the U.S. Navy in 1814 during the War of 1812. She was the fifth US Navy ship to carry that name.... and burnt 1814 |
| Harrier HMS Harrier (1804) HMS Harrier was a launched in 1804. She took part in several notable actions before she was lost, presumed foundered, in March 1809.-Career:... |
23 May 1804 | Frances Barnard, Sons & Co., Deptford Dockyard | 22 August 1804 | Believed to have foundered near Rodrigues Rodrigues Rodrigues is a common surname in the Portuguese language. It was originally a Patronymic, meaning Son of Rodrigo or Son of Rui. The "es" signifies "son of". The name Rodrigo is the Portuguese form of Roderick, meaning "famous power" or "famous ruler", from the Germanic elements "hrod" and "ric" ,... Island in the Indian Ocean in March 1809 |
Barham's Board
The Board ordered 22 vessels to this design, seventeen of which were launched in 1806 and five in 1807.| Name | Ordered | Builder | Launched | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forester HMS Forester (1806) HMS Forester was a Royal Navy 18-gun built by John King and launched in 1806 at Dover. After a relatively uneventful career she was sold in 1819.-Service:... |
16 July 1805 | John King, Dover | 3 August 1806 | Sold 1819 |
| Foxhound HMS Foxhound (1806) HMS Foxhound was an 18-gun built by King at Dover and launched in 1806. She participated in the battle of the Basque Roads in early 1809 and foundered later that year.-Service:... |
16 July 1805 | John King, Dover | 30 November 1806 | Foundered 1809 |
| Mutine HMS Mutine (1806) HMS Mutine was a Royal Navy 18-gun Cruizer class brig-sloop, built by Henry Tucker at Bideford and launched in 1806. During her career she was under fire in Danish waters, in the Bay of Biscay, and at Algiers. She also visited North America, South America, and the West Coast of Africa... |
22 July 1805 | Henry Tucker, Bideford | 15 August 1806 | Sold 1819 |
| Emulous HMS Emulous (1806) HMS Emulous was a Royal Navy 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop, built by William Row at Newcastle and launched in 1806. She survived an inconclusive but bloody battle with a French frigate during the Napoleonic Wars and captured a number of prizes, including two privateers, on the Halifax station... |
21 August 1805 | William Row, Newcastle | June 1806 | Wrecked 1812; crew saved but Emulous was unsalvageable. |
| Grasshopper | 30 August & 31 October 1805 | Richards (Brothers) & (John) Davidson, Hythe | 29 September 1806 | Stranded at Texel Texel Texel is a municipality and an island in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is the biggest and most populated of the Frisian Islands in the Wadden Sea, and also the westernmost of this archipelago, which extends to Denmark... and surrendered to the Batavian Republic Batavian Republic The Batavian Republic was the successor of the Republic of the United Netherlands. It was proclaimed on January 19, 1795, and ended on June 5, 1806, with the accession of Louis Bonaparte to the throne of the Kingdom of Holland.... on 25 December 1811, with no loss of life among her crew, though the pilot was killed. She became the Dutch brig Irene; broken up at Flushing Flushing, Netherlands Vlissingen is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the former island of Walcheren. With its strategic location between the Scheldt river and the North Sea, Vlissingen has been an important harbour for centuries. It was granted city rights in 1315. In the 17th century... in 1822. |
| Columbine | 12 November 1805 | Balthazar & Edward Adams, Bucklers Hard | 16 July 1806 | Wrecked January 1824 in Port Longue Harbour, Sapientza Sapientza Sapientza is a Greek island off the southern coast of the Peloponnese. It is administratively part of the municipality of Methóni in the Messinia Prefecture. The 2001 census reported a population of seven inhabitants.-External links:*... Island, Greece; Captain and master were reprimanded for having only one anchor down. |
| Pandora | 12 November 1805 | John Preston, Great Yarmouth | 11 October 1806 | Wrecked February 1811 on the Scaw Reef Skagen Skagen is a projection of land and a town, with a population of 8,515 , in Region Nordjylland on the northernmost tip of Vendsyssel-Thy, a part of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark... off the coast of Jutland. The ship's boats were frozen to the deck so it was only the next day that the Danes were able to rescue most of the crew; 29 of her crew of 121 died and the rest became prisoners. |
| Alacrity HMS Alacrity (1806) HMS Alacrity was a built by William Row at Newcastle and launched in 1806. She served in the Baltic and was at the capture of Copenhagen in 1807. She captured a large privateer before herself falling victim to a French man-of-war in 1811 in an action in which her captain failed to distinguish... |
14 January 1806 | William Row, Newcastle | 13 November 1806 | Taken by French brig Abeille 1811; in French Navy as Alacrity until broken up in 1822. |
| Raleigh | 16 January 1806 | Francis Hurry, Newcastle | 24 December 1806 | Sold 1841 |
| Primrose HMS Primrose (1807) HMS Primrose was a Royal Navy Cruizer class brig-sloop built by Thomas Nickells , at Fowey and launched in 1807. She was commissioned in November 1807 under Commander James Mein, who sailed her to the coast of Spain.... |
21 January 1806 | Thomas Nickells, Fowey | 5 August 1807 | Wrecked 1809 |
| Cephalus | 22 January 1806 | Custance & Stone, Great Yarmouth | 10 January 1807 | Broken up 1830 |
| Procris | 22 January 1806 | Custance & Stone, Greata Yarmouth | 27 December 1806 | Sold 1815 |
| Redwing | 24 January 1806 | Matthew Warren, Brightlingsea Brightlingsea Brightlingsea is a coastal town in the Tendring district of Essex, England, located between Colchester and Clacton-on-Sea, situated at the mouth of the River Colne, on Brightlingsea Creek. It has an estimated population of 8500.... |
30 August 1806 | Foundered 1827 after leaving Sierra Leone; wreckage washed ashore in November near Mataceney suggested that lightning Lightning Lightning is an atmospheric electrostatic discharge accompanied by thunder, which typically occurs during thunderstorms, and sometimes during volcanic eruptions or dust storms... had started a fire that destroyed her. |
| Ringdove HMS Ringdove (1806) HMS Ringdove was a Royal Navy 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop that Matthew Warren built at Brightlingsea and launched in 1806. She took some prizes and participated in three actions or campaigns that qualified her crew for clasps to the Naval General Service Medal... |
27 January 1806 | Matthew Warren, Brightlingsea | 16 October 1806 | Sold 1829 |
| Peacock | 27 January 1806 | Jabez Bailey, Ipswich | 9 December 1806 | Taken and sunk Sinking of HMS Peacock The sinking of HMS Peacock was a naval action fought off the mouth of the Demerara River, Guyana on 24 February, 1813, between the sloop of war USS Hornet and the Cruizer class brig sloop Peacock... by U.S. brig Hornet 1813. Peacock sank with four of her crew and three Americans aboard. |
| Sappho HMS Sappho (1806) HMS Sappho was a Cruizer class brig-sloop built by Jabez Bailey at Ipswich and launched in 1806. She defeated a Danish brig, the Admiral Yawl in a single-ship action during the Gunboat War,The vessel's name varies by account. Variants include: Admiral Juhl, Admiral Jawl, Admiral Juul, and Admiral... |
27 January 1806 | Jabez Bailey, Ipswich Ipswich Ipswich 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... |
15 December 1806 | Broken up 1830 |
| Recruit HMS Recruit (1806) HMS Recruit was an 18-gun Cruizer class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, launched in 1806 at Sandwich, Kent. She is best known for an act of pique by Cmdr. Warwick Lake, who marooned a seaman, and for an inconclusive but hard fought ship action under Cmdr. Charles John Napier against the French... |
27 January 1806 | Thomas Hills, Sandwich | 31 August 1806 | Sold 1822 |
| Royalist | 27 January 1806 | Thomas Hills, Sandwich | 10 January 1807 | Sold 1819 |
| Carnation HMS Carnation (1807) HMS Carnation was a Royal Navy 18-gun Cruizer class brig-sloop built by Taylor at Bideford and launched in 1807. After the French brig Palinure captured her, she was burned by the French to prevent her recapture.-Career:... |
28 January 1806 | William Taylor, Bideford Bideford Bideford 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:... |
3 October 1807 | Taken by French brig Palinure French brig Palinure (1804) Palinure was a Palinure-class 16-gun brig of the French Navy, built by Caudan at Lorient and launched in 1804. In French service she captured before captured her in turn. Taken into the Royal Navy as HMS Snap, she participated in two campaigns that qualified for the Naval General Service Medal... 1808 and burnt 1809 |
| Clio | 29 January 1806 | James Betts, Mistleythorn | 10 January 1807 | Broken up 1845 |
| Philomel | 4 February 1806 | (Nicholas) Bools & (William) Good, Bridport Bridport Bridport is a market town in Dorset, England. Located near the coast at the western end of Chesil Beach at the confluence of the River Brit and its Asker and Simene tributaries, it originally thrived as a fishing port and rope-making centre... |
11 September 1806 | Sold 1817 |
| Frolic HMS Frolic (1806) HMS Frolic was a 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was built by Boole, of Bridport and was launched on 9 February 1806. In 1812 the American sloop captured her after a fierce fight, but later that day the British recaptured Frolic and captured Wasp... |
4 February 1806 | (Nicholas) Bools & (William) Good, Bridport | 9 December 1806 | Taken by U.S. 22-gun sloop-of-war Sloop-of-war In the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. As the rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above, this meant that the term sloop-of-war actually encompassed all the unrated combat vessels including the... Wasp USS Wasp (1807) The second USS Wasp of the United States Navy was a sailing sloop of war captured by the British in the early months of the War of 1812. She was constructed in 1806 at the Washington Navy Yard, was commissioned sometime in 1807, Master Commandant John Smith in command. In 1812 she captured , but... but retaken; broken up 1813 |
Grenville's Board
The Board ordered 10 vessels to this design - all on 1 October 1806, nine of which were launched in 1807 and one in 1808.| Name | Ordered | Builder | Launched | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derwent | 1 October 1806 | Isaac Blackburn, Turnchapel, Plymouth Plymouth Plymouth 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... |
23 May 1807 | Sold 1817 |
| Eclair | 1 October 1806 | Matthew Warren, Brightlingsea Brightlingsea Brightlingsea is a coastal town in the Tendring district of Essex, England, located between Colchester and Clacton-on-Sea, situated at the mouth of the River Colne, on Brightlingsea Creek. It has an estimated population of 8500.... , Essex |
8 July 1807 | Broken up 1831 |
| Eclipse HMS Eclipse (1807) HMS Eclipse was a Royal Navy built by John King at Dover and launched in 1807. She served off Portugal and then in the Indian Ocean at the capture of the Île de France. Shortly thereafter she captured Tamatave. She was sold for mercantile service in 1815.-Service:Eclipse entered service in... |
1 October 1806 | John King, Dover | 4 August 1807 | Sold for mercantile use 1815 |
| Barracouta | 1 October 1806 | Jabez Bailey, Ipswich | 6 July 1807 | Sold 1815 |
| Nautilus | 1 October 1806 | James Betts, Mistleythorn | 5 August 1807 | Broken up 1823 |
| Pilot | 1 October 1806 | Robert Guillaume, Northam Northam Northam is the name of a number of places around the world:* Northam, Devon - a town in Devon, England.* Northam railway station* Northam, Hampshire - A district of the city of Southampton, England... , Southampton |
6 August 1807 | Sold 1828 |
| Sparrowhawk | 1 October 1806 | Matthew Warren, Brightlingsea, Essex | 20 August 1807 | Sold 1841 |
| Zenobia HMS Zenobia (1807) HMS Zenobia was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched 7 October 1807 by Brindley at King’s Lynn. Although she served during the Napoleonic Wars she is known for her role in two events, the claiming of Ascension Island for Great Britain in 1815, and the naming of the Saumarez Reefs in 1823.... |
1 October 1806 | Josiah & Thomas Brindley, King's Lynn King's Lynn King's Lynn is a sea port and market town in the ceremonial county of Norfolk in the East of England. It is situated north of London and west of Norwich. The population of the town is 42,800.... |
7 October 1807 | Sold 1835 |
| Magnet HMS Magnet (1807) HMS Magnet was a built at Robert Guillaume’s yard at Northam and launched in 1807. She served in the Baltic, where she took two prizes, one an armed privateer, before wrecking in 1809.-Baltic:... |
1 October 1806 | Robert Guillaume, Northam Northam Northam is the name of a number of places around the world:* Northam, Devon - a town in Devon, England.* Northam railway station* Northam, Hampshire - A district of the city of Southampton, England... , Southampton |
19 October 1807 | Wrecked 1809 |
| Peruvian HMS Peruvian (1808) HMS Peruvian was an 18-gun launched in 1808 at Parson's Yard, Warsash, England. She was the first naval vessel built at that yard. Peruvian captured two American privateers and participated in an expedition up the Penobscot River during the War of 1812. Then she claimed Ascension Island for Great... |
1 October 1806 | George Parsons, Warsash Warsash Warsash is a village in southern Hampshire, England, situated at the mouth of the River Hamble, west of the area known as Locks Heath. Boating plays an important part in the village's economy, and the village has a sailing club... |
26 April 1808 | Broken up 1830 |
Mulgrave's Board
This Board ordered 14 vessels to this design during 1807 and 1808.| Name | Ordered | Builder | Launched | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pelorus HMS Pelorus (1808) HMS Pelorus was a 385-ton, 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was built in Itchenor, England and launched on 25 June 1808. She saw action in the Napoleonic Wars and in the War of 1812. On anti-slavery patrol off West Africa, she captured four slavers and freed some 1350 slaves... |
30 July 1807 (contract 7 October 1807) | Robert Guillaume, Northam | 25 June 1808 | Sold for mercantile use at Singapore 1842 and wrecked 1844 |
| Doterel | 31 December 1807 (contract 9 January 1808) | Richard Blake & John Scott, Bursledon | 6 October 1808 | Broken up c.1855 |
| Arachne | 4 August 1808 | Thomas Hills, Sandwich | 18 February 1809 | Sold 1837 |
| Persian HMS Persian (1809) HMS Persian was a built by Daniel List and launched at Cowes in 1809. She captured two privateers before she wrecked in 1813.-Service:She was commissioned under Commander Samuel Colquitt and spent her first year cruising in Channel. On 26 December 1809 recaptured the Thames. The next year, on 24... |
4 August 1808 | Daniel List, Cowes | 2 May 1809 | Wrecked 1813 |
| Castilian | 4 August 1808 | Thomas Hills, Sandwich | 29 May 1809 | Broken up 1829 |
| Charybdis HMS Charybdis (1809) HMS Charybdis was a Royal Navy built by Mark Richards and John Davidson at Hythe, and launched in 1809. She captured two American prizes during the War of 1812 before she was laid up in 1815 and sold in 1819.-Service:... |
5 September 1808 | Mark Richards & John Davidson, Hythe | 28 August 1809 | Sold 1819 |
| Scylla | 5 September 1808 | Robert Davy, Topsham | 29 June 1809 | Broken up 1846 |
| Thracian | 30 September 1808 | Josiah & Thomas Brindley, Frindsbury | 15 July 1809 | Broken up 1829 |
| Trinculo | 5 November 1808 | Richard Blake & John Tyson, Bursledon | 15 July 1809 | Broken up 1841 |
| Hecate HMS Hecate (1809) HMS Hecate was a Royal Navy 18-gun , built by John King at Upnor and launched in 1809. After serving in the British Navy, essentially entirely in the East Indies, she served in the Chilean Navy as Galvarino from 1818 until she was broken up in 1828.... |
5 November 1808 | John King, Upnor | 30 May 1809 | Sold 1817 and resold to Chile 9 November 1818; served as Galvarino until broken up 1828. |
| Crane HMS Crane (1809) HMS Crane was a Royal Navy Cruizer class brig-sloop built by Josiah & Thomas Brindley at Frindsbury and launched in 1809. She had a completely and unusually uneventful five-year career before she foundered in 1814.... |
5 November 1808 | Josiah & Thomas Brindley, Frindbury | 29 July 1809 | Foundered 1814 |
| Rifleman | 5 November 1808 | John King, Upnor | 12 August 1809 | Sold 1836 |
| Echo | 21 November 1808 | John Pelham, Frindsbury | 1 July 1809 | Broken up 1817 |
| Sophie HMS Sophie (1809) HMS Sophie was an 18-gun Cruizer class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She served during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. During the War of 1812 Sophie participated in the economic war against American trade, capturing or destroying numerous small merchant vessels, and in an unsuccessful... |
21 November 1808 | John Pelham, Frindsbury | 8 September 1809 | Sold 1825 |
Charles Yorke's Board
This Board ordered 15 of the design between January 1811 and January 1812.| Name | Ordered | Builder | Launched | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Childers | 19 January 1811 | Portsmouth Dockyard (M/Shipwright Nicholas Diddams) | 9 July 1812 | Broken up 1822 |
| Curlew HMS Curlew (1812) HMS Curlew was a Royal Navy Cruizer class brig-sloop built by Good & Co., at Bridport and launched in 1812. She served with the Navy for only 10 years. During the War of 1812 she sailed from Halifax and captured several American privateers. Her greatest moment was her role in the 1819 British... |
30 August 1811 | (William) Good & Co., Bridport | 27 May 1812 | Sold at Bombay 1822; from 1823 as Jamesina served as an opium runner for Jardine & Matheson until at least the mid-1830s. |
| Wasp | 30 August 1811 | Robert Davy, Topsham | 9 July 1812 | Broken up 1847 |
| Fairy HMS Fairy (1812) HMS Fairy was a , built by William Taylor at Bideford and launched in 1812. She escorted convoys during the War of 1812 and participated in the Royal Navy’s campaign incursion up the Potomac in 1814, the Raid on Alexandria. She was broken up in 1821.-Service:Fairy was commissioned in August 1812... |
30 August 1811 | William Taylor, Bideport | 11 June 1812 | Broken up 1821 |
| Pelican | 30 August 1811 | Robert Davy, Topsham | August 1812 | Sold 1865 |
| Bacchus | 30 August 1811 | Chatham Dockyard (M/Shipwright Robert Seppings) | 17 April 1813 | Breakwater at Harwich 1829 |
| Pandora | 30 August 1811 | Deptford Dockyard (M/Shipwright Robert Nelson to July 1811; completed by William Stone) | 12 August 1813 | Sold 1831 |
| Nimrod | 26 September 1811 | Jabez Bailey, Ipswich | 25 May 1812 | Bilged after being run ashore in a storm. Salved with no loss of life, but sold as unrepairable in 1827. |
| Saracen (2nd of name) | 26 September 1811 | (Nicholas) Bools & (William) Good, Bridport | 25 July 1812 | Sold 1819 |
| Satellite | 5 October 1811 | Daniel List, Fishbourne | 9 October 1812 | Sold in East Indies 1824 |
| Arab | 24 October 1811 | John Pellham, Frindsbury | 22 August 1812 | Wrecked, with the loss of all her crew, in Broad Haven near Belmullet Belmullet Belmullet is a coastal Gaeltacht town with a population of around 2,000 on the Mullet Peninsula in the barony of Erris, County Mayo, Ireland. Its name means the "mouth of the mullet"... on the coast of Mayo, Ireland, in 1823. |
| Espiegle | 2 November 1811 | Jabez Bailey, Ipswich | 10 August 1812 | Sold 1832 |
| Heron (ex-Rattlesnake) | 14 November 1811 | John King, Upnor | 22 October 1812 | Broken up 1831 |
| Dispatch (2nd of name) | 14 November 1811 | John King, Upnor | 7 December 1812 | Sold 1836 |
| Grasshopper HMS Grasshopper (1813) HMS Grasshopper was a Royal Navy 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop, built at Portsmouth Dockyard by Master Shipwright Nicholas Diddams and launched in 1813, and was the second ship of the class to bear the name; the first had been stranded at Texel and surrendered to the Batavian Republic on... (2nd of name) |
6 January 1812 | Portsmouth Dockyard (M/Shipwright Nicholas Diddams) | 17 May 1813 | Sold 1832 |
Melville's Second Board
The Board ordered 20, of which only eighteen were built; two were cancelled.| Name | Ordered | Builder | Launched | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fly | 23 April 1812 | Jabez Bailey, Ipswich | 16 February 1813 | Sold at Bombay 1828 |
| Epervier HMS Epervier (1812) HMS Epervier was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy built by Ross at Rochester, England, and launched on 2 December 1812. The USS Peacock captured her in 1814 and took her into service... |
6 May 1812 | Mrs. Mary Ross, Rochester | 21 December 1812 | Taken by 22-gun sloop USS Peacock USS Peacock (1813) The first USS Peacock was a sloop-of-war in the United States Navy during the War of 1812.Peacock was authorized by Act of Congress 3 March 1813, laid down 9 July 1813 by Adam & Noah Brown at the New York Navy Yard, and launched 19 September 1813. She served in the War of 1812, capturing twenty ships... 1814 |
| Jaseur | 6 May 1812 | Jabez Bailey, Ipswich | 2 February 1813 | Sold 1845 |
| Argus | 8 June 1812 | Thomas Hills, Sandwich | 11 September 1813 | Sold 1828 |
| Halcyon HMS Halcyon (1813) HMS Halcyon was a Royal Navy that Edward Larking & William Spong built at King's Lynn and launched in 1813. She had one of the shortest lives of any vessel of her class. She was commissioned on 13 July under Commander John Houlton Marshall for the West Indies. During her short period of active... |
7 July 1812 | Edward Larking & William Spong, King's Lynn | 16 May 1813 | Wrecked 1814 |
| Challenger | 29 July 1812 | Hobbs & Hellyer, Redbridge | 15 May 1813 | Sold at Trincomalee Trincomalee Trincomalee is a port city in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka and lies on the east coast of the island, about 113 miles south of Jaffna. It has a population of approximately 100,000 . The city is built on a peninsula, which divides the inner and outer harbours. Overlooking the Kottiyar Bay,... 1824 |
| Penguin HMS Penguin (1813) HMS Penguin was a Royal Navy Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1813. In 1815 the USS Hornet captured Penguin in a battle that took place after the end of the War of 1812. Hornet then scuttled Penguin as she was too damaged to merit keeping.-Service:Penguin was commissioned in November 1813 under... |
20 August 1812 | William Bottomley, King's Lynn | 29 June 1813 | Taken by U.S. brig Hornet and scuttled 1815 |
| Lynx (ex-Pandora; renamed 24 September 1812 | 7 September 1812 | M/Shipwright Edward sison | Cancelled | |
| Victor | 2 October 1812 | East India Company East India Company The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China... , Bombay (M/Shipwright Jamsetjee Bomajee Wadia) |
29 October 1814 | Foundered in 1842 with all hands while en route from Vera Cruz, Mexico Veracruz, Veracruz Veracruz, officially known as Heroica Veracruz, is a major port city and municipality on the Gulf of Mexico in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The city is located in the central part of the state. It is located along Federal Highway 140 from the state capital Xalapa, and is the state's most... to Halifax City of Halifax Halifax is a city in Canada, which was the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County. It was the largest city in Atlantic Canada until it was amalgamated into Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996... . |
| Zebra HMS Zebra (1815) HMS Zebra, was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was built of teak by the East India Company dockyard in Bombay and launched in 1815 as the last of the Cruizer-class... |
2 October 1812 | East India Company East India Company The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China... , Bombay (M/Shipwright Jamsetjee Bomajee Wadia) |
18 December 1815 | Wrecked 1840 |
| Carnation (2nd of name) | 8 October 1812 | William & James Durkin, Norham (Southampton) | 29 July 1813 | Sold 1836 |
| Elk (2nd of name) | 2 November 1812 | Hobbs & Hellyer, Redbridge (Southampton) | 28 August 1813 | Sold 1836 |
| Confiance | 2 November 1812 | Mrs. Mary Ross, Rochester | 30 August 1813 | Wrecked, with the loss of all her crew, between Moyin Head and the Three Castles Head near Crookhaven, Ireland, in 1822. |
| Alert | 2 November 1812 | Thomas Pitcher, Northfleet | 13 July 1813 | Sold 1832 |
| Harlequin | 2 November 1812 | Jabez Bailey, Ipswich | 15 July 1813 | Sold at Jamaica 1829 |
| Harrier (2nd of name) | 2 November 1812 | Jabez Bailey, Ipswich | 28 July 1813 | Sold 1829 |
| Ontario (ex-Mohawk; renamed 9 April 1813 | 2 November 1812 | Richard Chapman, Bideford | 26 October 1813 | Sold 1832 |
| Belette HMS Belette (1814) HMS Belette was an 18-gun , built by Edward Larking and William Spong at Kings Lynn and launched in 1814. She was the second Cruizer class brig-sloop to bear the name. Belette had an uneventful career performing peacetime patrols and was sold in 1828.-Service:With the war with France ending... (2nd of name) |
14 August 1813 | Edward Larking & William Spong, King's Lynn | 18 June 1814 | Sold 1828 |
| Gannet | 14 August 1813 | Edward Larking & William Spong, King's Lynn | 13 November 1814 | Sold 1838 |
| Samarang | 6 September 1815 | Portsmouth Dockyard (M/Shipwright Nicholas Diddams) | Cancelled |
Reading
- Petrejus, E W (1970). Modelling the brig-of-war Irene (A handbook for building a Cruizer-class model). De Esch. ASIN B0006C7NRA. [Note that there was no actual vessel which carried the name Irene.]