HMS Derwent (1807)
HMS Derwent was launched in 1807 and later that year became one of the first ships sent by the British Royal Navy to suppress the slave trade.
HMS Derwent - Cruizer class | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Derwent |
| Ordered | 1 October 1806 |
| Builder | Isaac Blackburn, Turnchapel |
| Laid down | December 1806 |
| Launched | 23 May 1807 |
| Commissioned | June 1807 |
| Out of service | Paid off in 1815 |
| Fate | Sold 7 March 1817 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Cruizer-class brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen | 382 (bm) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Brig |
| Complement | 121 |
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