HMS Dart (1796)

HMS Dart was one of two sloops built to an experimental design by Sir Samuel Bentham and launched in 1796. She served the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary wars and the early part of the Napoleonic wars before being sold in 1809 for breaking up.

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

Dart capturing Désirée in July 1800
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Dart
BuilderHobbs & Hellyer, Redbridge
Laid down1796
Honours and
awards
  • Naval General Service Medal with clasps
  • "Capture of the Désirée"
  • "Copenhagen 1801"
FateBroken up 1809
General characteristics
TypeExperimental design
Tons burthen148 (bm)
Length
  • 80 ft 0 in (24.4 m) (overall)
  • 56 ft 7+1⁄2 in (17.3 m) (keel)
Beam22 ft 2 in (6.8 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 6 in (3.5 m)
Sail planSloop
Complement121; later 140
Armament
  • Originally:
  • Upper deck (UD): 24 x 32-pounder carronades
  • QD: 2 x 32-pounder carronades (two more were added later)
  • Fc: 2 x 32-pounder carronades
  • Later:
  • UD: 18 x 32-pounder carronades
  • QD: nil
  • Fc: 2 x 6-pounder guns
  • All carronades were an experimental design of 24cwt by Sadler
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