HMS Spey (1827)

HMS Spey was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s. She was wrecked in 1840.

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

History
United Kingdom
Name: Spey
Ordered: 25 March 1823
Builder: Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down: July 1825
Launched: 6 October 1827
Completed: 17 November 1828
Fate: Wrecked, 28 November 1840
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 6 in (2.9 m)
Depth: 11 ft (3.4 m)
Sail plan: Brig
Complement: 52
Armament: 2 × 6-pdr cannon; 8 × 18-pdr carronades

Description

Spey 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 6 inches (2.9 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

Spey, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[3] was ordered on 25 March 1823, laid down in July 1825 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 6 October 1827.[2] She was completed on 17 November 1828 at Plymouth Dockyard.[1]

Spey was wrecked on a reef in the Bahama Channel on 24 November 1841. All passengers and crew were rescued.[4][5][6]

Notes
  1. Winfield, p. 1055
  2. Winfield & Lyon, p. 124
  3. Colledge, p. 329
  4. "Portsmouth, Feb. 19". The Times (17600). London. 23 February 1841. col E, p. 6.
  5. "British brig-sloop 'Spey' (1827)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  6. "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (22198). London. 18 January 1841.
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