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Twenty-four more were ordered to the same design in 1805 β 1806, although in this new batch 32-pounder carronades were fitted instead of the 6-pounder guns originally mounted in the earlier batch; the 12-pounder carronades were replaced by 18-pounders, and some ships also received two 6-pounders as
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The
Admiralty ordered six vessels to this design in February 1793; it ordered a seventh vessel in the following year. These ships were initially armed with sixteen 6-pounder guns, later supplemented with eight 12-pounder
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1186:, Benjamin Tanner of Dartmouth, went bankrupt in 1807 and the two contracts were transferred to John Cock.
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was altered on stocks and completed to a slightly longer design, being 111ΒΌ ft on the gundeck.
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Captured by the French 6 January 1806; retaken 27 January 1807 and renamed
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Receiving ship at
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List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy
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1216:British Warships in the Age of Sail: 1793β1817
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650:Foundered with all hands on 28 February 1814
1259:, Rif Winfield, Seaforth Publishing, 2007.
139:90 ft 9.625 in (28 m) (keel)
136:108 ft 4 in (33 m) (gundeck)
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347:Blew up by accident on 24 December 1796
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1229:National Maritime Museum collections.
1164:Sold for breaking on 27 January 1825
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527:Batch 2 (with 32-pounder carronades)
1255:British Warships in the Age of Sail
1178:Note 3: The initial contractor for
1171:Note 2: The initial contractor for
993:Nicholas Bools & William Good,
869:Nicholas Bools & William Good,
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157:9 ft 0 in (2.74 m)
252:The two Surveyors of the Navy β
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469:Josiah & Thomas Brindley,
284:chase guns on the forecastle.
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215:Sixteen 32-pounder carronades
1088:Broken up in February 1814.
1079:Richard Thorne, Fremington,
978:Broken up in September 1816
902:Sold 6 March 1817; became a
618:Broken up in September 1817
7:
1581:Cormorant-class ship-sloops
1138:Cancelled 8 September 1810
1030:Broken up in February 1821
945:Robert Guillaume, Northam,
570:Broken up in December 1820
454:Foundered on 3 August 1809
218:Eight 18-pounder carronades
206:Eight 12-pounder carronades
191:Sixteen 6-pounder long guns
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954:Broken up in August 1848
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478:Sold on 30 October 1817
400:Sold on 30 October 1817
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262:National Maritime Museum
33:off the Sandwich Islands
722:Broken up in June 1818
698:Sold on 20 August 1818
105:General characteristics
746:Broken up in May 1819
594:Sold on 18 April 1816
585:Robert Adams, Chapel,
430:Sold on 28 April 1813
609:Carver & Corney,
376:; broken up in 1817,
363:Randall & Brent,
338:Randall & Brent,
504:Sold on 30 May 1816
391:Marmaduke Stalkart,
272:, captured in 1745.
186:First group as built
930:Sold 18 April 1822
200:Sixteen 24-pounder
175:125 (121 from 1794)
27:His Majesty's ship
1114:Sold 8 March 1819
1045:Thomas Iremonger,
1027:13 September 1806
899:29 September 1806
878:Sold 6 March 1817
800:Sold 6 March 1817
421:William Cleverly,
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1553:-class ship-sloop
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1304:-class ship-sloop
1265:978-1-84415-717-4
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918:19 November 1805
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851:27 December 1806
842:19 November 1805
830:Sold 8 July 1817
713:Richard Chapman,
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1054:Wrecked off
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1019:Jabez Bayley
1008:
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895:Mistleythorn
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1257:: 1793β1817
1012: (ii)
947:Southampton
845:John King,
815:John Cock,
785:John Cock,
647:1 May 1813
587:Southampton
393:Rotherhithe
365:Rotherhithe
340:Rotherhithe
238:ship sloops
1575:Categories
1422:North Star
1198:References
1180:North Star
1081:Barnstaple
1071:see Note 4
923:Frindsbury
822:see Note 3
792:see Note 3
777:North Star
642:see Note 2
517:USRC
471:Frindsbury
447:Northfleet
413:see Note 1
357: (i)
278:carronades
242:Royal Navy
202:carronades
172:Complement
114:Ship sloop
81:In service
67:Royal Navy
1526:Dauntless
1492:Favourite
1478:Partridge
1323:Favourite
1316:Cormorant
1302:Cormorant
1145:Dauntless
1128:Sheerness
1009:Favourite
971:Dartmouth
961:Partridge
817:Dartmouth
787:Dartmouth
543:Launched
423:Gravesend
354:Favourite
330:Cormorant
320:Launched
266:Greenwich
232:Cormorant
162:Sail plan
97:Cancelled
89:Completed
84:1794β1833
76:1793β1817
55:Operators
48:Cormorant
1464:Sapphire
1457:Wanderer
1450:Minstrel
1394:Rosamund
1387:Anacreon
1366:Hyacinth
1189:Note 4:
1173:Anacreon
1154:Deptford
1104:Plymouth
995:Bridport
913:Sapphire
885:Wanderer
871:Bridport
861:Minstrel
739:Bideford
715:Bideford
657:Rosamund
634:Plymouth
625:Anacreon
553:Hyacinth
540:Builder
537:Ordered
511:Note 1:
494:Deptford
317:Builder
314:Ordered
240:for the
180:Armament
1551:Bittern
1542:Pylades
1520:Serpent
1514:Jalouse
1471:Blossom
1373:Sabrina
1120:Serpent
1095:Jalouse
1023:Ipswich
937:Blossom
691:Topsham
577:Sabrina
289:Serpent
30:Blossom
1507:Ranger
1485:Egeria
1443:Cherub
1436:Hesper
1429:Myrtle
1415:Racoon
1380:Herald
1352:Hazard
1331:Hornet
1263:
1191:Ranger
1184:Hesper
1065:Ranger
985:Egeria
837:Cherub
807:Hesper
753:Racoon
705:Myrtle
601:Herald
461:Hazard
383:Hornet
293:Ranger
270:Amazon
248:Design
131:Length
123:422.7
64:
1500:Tweed
1408:Acorn
1359:Stork
1037:Tweed
847:Dover
729:Acorn
546:Fate
534:Name
519:Eagle
485:Stork
374:Goree
323:Fate
311:Name
299:Ships
234:class
195:Later
73:Built
50:class
1494:(II)
1401:Fawn
1345:Lark
1338:Lynx
1261:ISBN
1182:and
681:Fawn
513:Lynx
437:Lark
407:Lynx
256:and
229:The
146:Beam
110:Type
44:Name
1325:(I)
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1206:^
1073:)
1021:,
824:)
794:)
644:)
415:)
264:,
125:bm
92:30
1293:e
1286:t
1279:v
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790:(
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522:.
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