HMS_Harlequin_(1836)

HMS <i>Harlequin</i> (1836)

HMS Harlequin (1836)

Brig-sloop of the Royal Navy

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Harlequin.

HMS Harlequin was a 16-gun Racer-class brig-sloop built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s.

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Description

Harlequin had a length at the gundeck of 100 feet 6 inches (30.6 m) and 78 feet 10 inches (24.0 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 32 feet 6 inches (9.9 m), a draught of 12 feet 6 inches (3.8 m) and a depth of hold of 15 feet 3 inches (4.6 m). The ship's tonnage was 432 81⁄94 tons burthen.[1] The Racer class was armed with a pair of 9-pounder (or 18-pounder) cannon and fourteen 32-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 120 officers and ratings.[2]

Construction and career

Harlequin, the fifth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[3] was ordered on 28 March 1832, laid down in November 1832 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 18 March 1836.[2] She was completed on 25 October at Plymouth Dockyard and commissioned on 16 August of the same year.[1]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Winfield, p. 1107
  2. [2]
    Winfield & Lyon, p. 126
  3. [3]
    Colledge, pp. 155–56

References

  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
  • Phillips, Lawrie; Lieutenant Commander (2014). Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-5214-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (epub). Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
  • Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.
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