HMS Satellite (1806)

	Satellite
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Satellite
Builder	Hills Shipyard, Sandwich, Kent
Launched	March 1806
Fate	Foundered 19/20 December 1810
General characteristics
Class and type	Seagull-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen	28861⁄94 (bm)
Length	Overall: 93 ft 2 in (28.4 m); Keel: 76 ft 3+3⁄4 in (23.3 m);
Beam	26 ft 8 in (8.1 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 0 in (3.7 m)
Sail plan	Sloop
Complement	95
Armament	14 × 24-pounder carronades; 2 × 6-pounder bow guns;

HMS Satellite was a 16-gun brig-sloop of the Seagull class built at the Hills shipyard, Sandwich, Kent, and launched in 1806. She foundered in December 1810 with the loss of all aboard.

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