HMS Archer (1849)

HMS Archer was initially ordered as one of two Rifleman type gunvessels on 25 April 1846. With her construction suspended in September 1846, she was reordered on as a sloop on 25 April 1847 to be constructed to a design of John Edye as approved on 25 August. With the exception of two years on Baltic service during the Russian War of 1854 to 1855 she spent the majority on the West Coast of Africa on the anti-slavery patrol. This service involved anti-slavery work on the coasts of the Bight of Benin, and was notoriously unhealthy, with tropical diseases taking a heavy toll of British seamen. One of her commanders died and three others were invalided. Archer was reclassified as a corvette in 1862. She finally returned to Home waters, being sold for breaking in January 1866

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

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Archer
Ordered
  • 26 March 1846
  • Re-ordered 25 April 1847
BuilderDeptford dockyard
Cost£41,404
Laid down18 October 1847
Launched27 March 1849
Commissioned2 April 1850
Honours and
awards		Baltic 1854 = 55
FateBroken up 15 March 1866
General characteristics
TypeScrew sloop
Displacement1,337 tons
Tons burthen97040/94 bm
Length
  • 186 ft 4 in (56.8 m) gundeck
  • 162 ft 6+1⁄4 in (49.5 m) keel reported for tonnage
Beam33 ft 10 in (10.3 m) maximum, 33 ft 6 in (10.2 m) reported for tonnage
Draught14 ft 3⁄4 in (4.3 m) mean
Depth of hold19 ft 0 in (5.8 m)
Installed power202 nhp, 347 ihp (259 kW)
Propulsion
  • 2-cylinder horizontal geared single-expansion steam engine
  • Single screw
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement170
Armament
  • 2 × 68-pounder (87 cwt) guns
  • 10 × 32-pounder (42cwt) guns

Archer was the second named vessel since its introduction for a 12-gun gun brig launched by Perry at Blackwall on 2 April 1801 and sold on 14 December 1815.

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