HMS Satellite (1826)

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

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

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 ​41⁄94 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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