HMS Forester (1832)

HMS Forester was a Royal Navy 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop ordered on 23 May 1826, laid down in September 1830, and launched on 28 August 1832 at Chatham Dockyard. On 14 February 1833, she ran aground on a reef off St Martin's, Isles of Scilly, with the loss of a crew member. She was later refloated and towed by the paddle sloop-of-war HMS Rhadamanthus to Plymouth, Devon, England, where she was paid off in ordinary.[1][2][3][4] She was sold in 1843.

History
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Forester
Ordered:	26 May 1826
Builder:	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down:	September 1930
Launched:	28 August 1832
Fate:	Sold in 1843
General characteristics
Type:	Brig-sloop
Tons burthen:	237 bm in Cherokee
Length:	90 ft 0 in (27.43 m) (gundeck) 73 ft 7.625 in (22.44408 m) (keel)
Beam:	24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draught:	12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
Depth of hold:	11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Complement:	75
Armament:	2 × 6-pounder guns (bow) + 8 × 18-pounder carronades

References

1. "Ship News". The Times (15093). London. 20 February 1833. col B, p. 6.
2. "PORTSMOUTH, Saturday, March 9". The Times (15109). London. 11 March 1833. col E, p. 1.
3. "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle (19808). 20 February 1833.
4. "THE LATE STORMS". Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet & Plymouth Journal (1549). 2 March 1833.

• 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.