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HMS Sprightly (1818)

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History
United Kingdom
NameSprightly
Ordered1817
BuilderPembroke Dockyard
Laid downOctober 1817
Launched3 June 1818
Completed18 January 1820
FateWrecked, 27 December 1820
General characteristics
Class and typeNightingale-class cutter
Tons burthen140 bm
Length
  • 67 ft (20.4 m) (gundeck)
  • 52 ft 7 in (16.0 m) (keel)
Beam22 ft 5 in (6.8 m)
Draught10 ft 5 in (3.2 m)
Depth9 ft 6 in (2.9 m)
Sail planFore-and-aft rig
Complement34
Armament2 × 6-pdr cannon; 4 × 6-pdr carronades

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.

Description

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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

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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[3] and completed on 18 January 1820 at Plymouth Dockyard.[4] She was driven ashore and wrecked at Portland, Dorset on 27 December 1820. Her crew were rescued by HMRC Greyhound and HMRC Scourge.[5]

Notes

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  1. ^ Winfield, p. 1181
  2. ^ a b Winfield & Lyon, p. 133
  3. ^ a b Colledge, p. 330
  4. ^ Phillips, p. 57
  5. ^ "(untitled)". The Times. No. 11139. London. 9 January 1821. col E, p. 3.

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