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Sloop of the Royal Navy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Satellite was an 18-gun sloop, the name ship of her class, built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s.
![]() HMS Satellite commanded by Captain T. Robb in a heavy gale, Feb 28th 1838. Lat 29. Long 64. | |
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Name | Satellite |
Ordered | 9 June 1825 |
Builder | Pembroke Dockyard |
Laid down | June 1826 |
Launched | 3 October 1826 |
Completed | 14 February 1827 |
Commissioned | 22 November 1826 |
Fate | Broken up, February 1849 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Satellite-class sloop |
Tons burthen | 466 41/94 bm |
Length | |
Beam | 31 ft 2 in (9.5 m) |
Draught | 11 ft 9 in (3.6 m) |
Depth | 13 ft 10 in (4.2 m) |
Complement | 125 |
Armament | 2 × 6-pdr cannon; 16 × 32-pdr carronades |
Satellite had a length at the gundeck of 112 feet (34.1 m) and 94 feet 2 inches (28.7 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 31 feet 2 inches (9.5 m), a draught of 11 feet 9 inches (3.6 m) and a depth of hold of 13 feet 10 inches (4.2 m). The ship's tonnage was 466 41⁄94 tons burthen.[1] The Satellite class was armed with a pair of 9-pounder cannon in the bow and sixteen 32-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 125 officers and ratings.[2]
Satellite, the third ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[3] was ordered on 9 June 1825, laid down in June 1826 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 3 October 1826.[2] She was completed on 14 February 1827 at Plymouth Dockyard and commissioned on 22 November 1826.[1]
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