Decoy-class cutter

The Decoy class was a class of three cutters of the Royal Navy. William Rule designed the class. Two were lost in wartime; they grounded, enabling the French to capture them. One was lost to bad weather.

  • HMS Decoy (1810) participated in the capture of several small French privateers, captured or recaptured a number of merchant vessels, and captured a number of smuggling vessels. The French captured her in 1814.
  • HMS Dwarf (1810) was wrecked on 3 March 1824.[2]
  • HMS Racer (1810) stranded on the French coast on 28 October, which enabled the French to capture her.[3]

Class overview
Name: Decoy class
Operators:  Royal Navy
Planned: 3
Completed: 3
Lost: 3
General characteristics [1]
Type: Cutter
Tons burthen: 200​89⁄94 (bm)
Length:
  • 74 ft 4 in (22.66 m) (overall)
  • 55 ft 10 5⁄8 in (17.0 m) (keel)
Beam: 26 ft 0 in (7.9 m)
Depth of hold: 11 ft 0 in (3.4 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Cutter
Complement: 60
Armament: 10 × 18-pounder carronades

Citations and references

Citations

  1. Winfield (2008), p.363.
  2. Hepper (1994), p.158.
  3. Hepper (1994), p.134.

References

  • Hepper, David J. (1994) British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859. (Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot). ISBN 0-948864-30-3
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.
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