HMS Persian (1839)

HMS Persian was a sixteen-gun Acorn-class brig-sloop built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s.

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

History
United Kingdom
Name: Persian
Ordered: 31 December 1835
Builder: Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down: May 1838
Launched: 7 October 1839
Completed: 24 April 1840
Commissioned: 23 February 1840
Fate: Broken up by 27 June 1866
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type: Acorn-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen: 483 88/94 bm
Length:
  • 105 ft 1 in (32.0 m) (Gun deck)
  • 82 ft 9 in (25.2 m) (Keel)
Beam: 33 ft 6 in (10.2 m)
Draught: 11 ft 9 in (3.6 m)
Depth: 14 ft 10 in (4.5 m)
Complement: 110–130
Armament: 2 × 32-pdr guns; 14 × 32-pdr carronades

Description

Persian had a length at the gundeck of 105 feet 1 inch (32.0 m) and 82 feet 9 inches (25.2 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 33 feet 6 inches (10.2 m), a draught of 11 feet 9 inches (3.6 m) and a depth of hold of 14 feet 10 inches (4.5 m). The ship's tonnage was 483 ​88⁄94 tons burthen.[1] The Acorn class was initially armed with a pair of 32-pounder guns and fourteen 32-pounder carronades. The armament was later changed to four 32-pounder cannon and a dozen 32-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 110–30 officers and ratings.[2]

Construction and career

Persian, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[3] was ordered on 31 December 1835, laid down in May 1838 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 7 October 1839.[2] She was completed on 28 April 1840 at Plymouth Dockyard and commissioned on 23 February of that year.[1]

Notes
  1. Winfield, p. 1135
  2. Winfield & Lyon, p. 128
  3. Colledge, p. 265

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 1-84415-700-8.
  • 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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