HMS Harlequin (1836)

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

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

Harlequin
History
United Kingdom
Name: Harlequin
Namesake: Harlequin
Ordered: 28 March 1832
Builder: Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down: November 1832
Launched: 18 March 1836
Completed: 25 October 1836
Commissioned: 16 August 1836
Fate: Sold for scrap, August 1904
General characteristics
Class and type: Racer-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen: 432 81/94 bm
Length:
  • 100 ft 6 in (30.6 m) (Gun deck)
  • 78 ft 10 in (24.0 m) (Keel)
Beam: 32 ft 6 in (9.9 m)
Draught: 12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Depth: 15 ft 3 in (4.6 m)
Complement: 110
Armament: 2 × 9-pdr cannon; 14 × 32-pdr carronades

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. Winfield, p. 1107
  2. Winfield & Lyon, p. 126
  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.
  • 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.
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