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The Alderney class was a class of three sloops of wooden construction built for the Royal Navy between 1755 and 1757. All three were built by contract with commercial builders to a common design prepared by William Bately, the Surveyor of the Navy.
Class overview | |
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Operators | Royal Navy |
Preceded by | Hunter class |
Built | 1755–1757 |
In commission | 1756–1783 |
Completed | 3 |
Lost | 1 |
General characteristics (common design) | |
Type | Sloop-of-war |
Tons burthen | 230 64⁄94 bm |
Length |
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Beam | 24 ft 6 in (7.5 m) |
Depth of hold | 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m) (vessels without platform in hold) |
Sail plan | Snow rig (initially – see text) |
Complement | 100 |
Armament |
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The first two – Stork and Alderney – were ordered on 14 November 1755, and another vessel to the same design – Diligence – were ordered three months later, on 23 February 1756. All were begun as two-masted (snow-rigged) vessels, and the trio were all assigned names on 25 May 1756, but the first two were actually completed as three-masted ("ship-rigged") vessels.
Name | Ordered | Builder | Launched | Notes |
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Stork | 14 November 1755 | Daniel Stow and Benjamin Bartlett, Shoreham |
8 November 1756 | Captured 6 August 1758 by the French off Hispaniola. |
Alderney | 14 November 1755 | John Snooks, Saltash |
5 February 1757 | Sold 1 May 1783 at Deptford. |
Diligence | 23 February 1756 | William Wells & Co., Deptford | 29 July 1756 | Sold 5 December 1780 at Sheerness. |
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