HMS Harlequin (1836)

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

HMS Harlequin was a 16-gun Racer-class brig-sloop built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s.

Harlequin
History
United Kingdom
Name	Harlequin
Namesake	Harlequin
Ordered	28 March 1832
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down	November 1832
Launched	18 March 1836
Completed	25 October 1836
Commissioned	16 August 1836
Fate	Sold for scrap, August 1904
General characteristics
Class and type	Racer-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen	432 81/94 bm
Length	100 ft 6 in (30.6 m) (Gun deck) 78 ft 10 in (24.0 m) (Keel)
Beam	32 ft 6 in (9.9 m)
Draught	12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Depth	15 ft 3 in (4.6 m)
Complement	110
Armament	2 × 9-pdr cannon; 14 × 32-pdr carronades

Description

Harlequin had a length at the gundeck of 100 feet 6 inches (30.6 m) and 78 feet 10 inches (24.0 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 32 feet 6 inches (9.9 m), a draught of 12 feet 6 inches (3.8 m) and a depth of hold of 15 feet 3 inches (4.6 m). The ship's tonnage was 432 81⁄94 tons burthen.^[1] The Racer class was armed with a pair of 9-pounder (or 18-pounder) cannon and fourteen 32-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 120 officers and ratings.^[2]

Construction and career

Harlequin, the fifth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,^[3] was ordered on 28 March 1832, laid down in November 1832 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 18 March 1836.^[2] She was completed on 25 October at Plymouth Dockyard and commissioned on 16 August of the same year.^[1]

Notes

1. Winfield, p. 1107
2. Winfield & Lyon, p. 126
3. Colledge, pp. 155–56

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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• 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. OCLC 52620555.

External links

• Media related to HMS Harlequin (ship, 1836) at Wikimedia Commons