HMS Satellite (1826)

HMS Satellite was an 18-gun sloop, the name ship of her class, built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s.

HMS Satellite commanded by Captain T. Robb in a heavy gale, Feb 28th 1838. Lat 29. Long 64.
History
United Kingdom
Name: Satellite
Ordered: 9 June 1825
Builder: Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down: June 1826
Launched: 3 October 1826
Completed: 14 February 1827
Commissioned: 22 November 1826
Fate: Broken up, February 1849
General characteristics
Class and type: Satellite-class sloop
Tons burthen: 466 41/94 bm
Length:
  • 112 ft (34.1 m) (gundeck)
  • 92 ft 1 in (28.1 m) (keel)
Beam: 31 ft 2 in (9.5 m)
Draught: 11 ft 9 in (3.6 m)
Depth: 13 ft 10 in (4.2 m)
Complement: 125
Armament: 2 × 6-pdr cannon; 16 × 32-pdr carronades

Description

Satellite had a length at the gundeck of 112 feet (34.1 m) and 94 feet 2 inches (28.7 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 31 feet 2 inches (9.5 m), a draught of 11 feet 9 inches (3.6 m) and a depth of hold of 13 feet 10 inches (4.2 m). The ship's tonnage was 466 4194 tons burthen.[1] The Satellite class was armed with a pair of 9-pounder cannon in the bow and sixteen 32-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 125 officers and ratings.[2]

Construction and career

Satellite, the third ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[3] was ordered on 9 June 1825, laid down in June 1826 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 3 October 1826.[2] She was completed on 14 February 1827 at Plymouth Dockyard and commissioned on 22 November 1826.[1]

Notes

  1. Winfield, p. 925
  2. Winfield & Lyon, p. 119
  3. Colledge, p. 311

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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