HMS Sappho (1837)

HMS Sappho was a Royal Navy brig that gained public notoriety for causing a diplomatic incident over the slave trade with the United States of America and then went missing off the Australian coast in 1857–58.

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

HMS Ringdove, a sister-ship to HMS Sappho.
History
United Kingdom
Ordered10 July 1832
BuilderDevonport dockyard
Laid downDecember 1834
Launched3 February 1837
FateFoundered with all hands February 1858 off the SE Coast of Australia
General characteristics
Tons burthen428 2/94 bm
Length
  • 78 ft 7 in (23.95 m) (keel)
  • 100 ft 6 in (30.63 m) (oa)
Beam32 ft 4 in (9.86 m)
Draught15 ft 4 in (4.67 m)
Sail planBrig-rigged
ComplementVaried. Normally about 110
Armament
  • As built:
  • 2 × 9-pounder (4.1 kg) guns
  • 14 × 32-pounder (15 kg) carronades
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