HMS Partridge (1829)

HMS Partridge was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s. She was sold in 1864.

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

History
United Kingdom
Name: Partridge
Namesake: Partridge
Ordered: 28 October 1826
Builder: Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down: August 1828
Launched: 12 October 1829
Completed: 24 April 1836
Fate: Sold, 2 February 1864
General characteristics
Class and type: Cherokee-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen: 230 64/94 bm
Length:
  • 90 ft (27.4 m) (gundeck)
  • 72 ft 3 in (22.0 m) (keel)
Beam: 24 ft 8 in (7.5 m)
Draught: 9 ft (2.7 m)
Depth: 11 ft (3.4 m)
Sail plan: Brig
Complement: 52
Armament: 2 × 6-pdr cannon; 8 × 18-pdr carronades

Description

Partridge had a length at the gundeck of 90 feet (27.4 m) and 72 feet 3 inches (22.0 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 24 feet 8 inches (7.5 m), a draught of about 9 feet (2.7 m) and a depth of hold of 11 feet (3.4 m). The ship's tonnage was 230 64/94 tons burthen.[1] The Cherokee class was armed with two 6-pounder cannon and eight 18-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 52 officers and ratings.[2]

Construction and career

Partridge, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[3] was ordered on 28 October 1826, laid down in August 1828 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 12 October 1829.[2] She was completed on 24 April 1836 at Plymouth Dockyard.[4]

On 6 June 1838 the ship arrived in Helgoland and was used to deport Harro Harring to Britain.[5]

Notes
  1. Winfield, p. 1085
  2. Winfield & Lyon, p. 121
  3. Colledge, p. 260
  4. Winfield & Lyon, p. 125
  5. Rüger, p36

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.
  • Rüger, Jan (2017) Heligoland Britain, Germany and the Struggle for the North Sea Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-967246-2.
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