HMS Sprightly (1818)
HMS Sprightly was a 6-gun Nightingale-class cutter built for the Royal Navy during the 1810s. She was wrecked off the Isle of Portland in 1821.
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name: | Sprightly |
| Ordered: | 1817 |
| Builder: | Pembroke Dockyard |
| Laid down: | October 1817 |
| Launched: | 3 June 1818 |
| Completed: | 18 January 1820 |
| Fate: | Wrecked, 27 December 1820 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Nightingale-class cutter |
| Tons burthen: | 140 bm |
| Length: | |
| Beam: | 22 ft 5 in (6.8 m) |
| Draught: | 10 ft 5 in (3.2 m) |
| Depth: | 9 ft 6 in (2.9 m) |
| Sail plan: | Fore-and-aft rig |
| Complement: | 34 |
| Armament: | 2 × 6-pdr cannon; 4 × 6-pdr carronades |
Description
Sprightly had a length at the gundeck of 67 feet (20.4 m) and 52 feet 7 inches (16.0 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 22 feet 5 inches (6.8 m), a draught of about 10 feet 5 inches (3.2 m) and a depth of hold of 9 feet 6 inches (2.9 m). The ship's tonnage was 140 tons burthen.[1] The Nightingale class was armed with two 6-pounder cannon and four 6-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 34 officers and ratings.[2]
Construction and career
Sprightly, the fourth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[3] was ordered in 1817, laid down in October 1817 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 3 June 1818.[2] She was transferred to the Revenue Service in 1819[4] and completed on 18 January 1820 at Plymouth Dockyard.[5] She was driven ashore and wrecked at Portland, Dorset on 27 December 1820. Her crew were rescued by HMRC Greyhound and HMRC Scourge.[6]
Notes
- Winfield, p. 1181
- Winfield & Lyon, p. 133
- Colledge, p. 330
- Colledge, p. 330
- Phillips, p. 57
- "(untitled)". The Times (11139). London. 9 January 1821. col E, p. 3.
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 (2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1817-1863. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1848321694.
- 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.