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.

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.