HMS Speedwell (1815)
HMS Speedwell was the mercantile Royal George, which the Royal Navy purchased in 1815 and converted to a 5-gun schooner. During her career in the West Indies, she helped capture or destroy a number of pirate vessels, and capture several slave ships transporting enslaved people. The Royal Navy sold her at Jamaica in 1834.
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Royal George |
| Fate | Sold 1815 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Speedwell |
| Acquired | 1815 by purchase |
| Fate | Sold 1834 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 20332⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 80 ft 0 in (24.4 m) (overall); 61 ft 2 in (18.6 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 25 ft 0 in (7.6 m) |
| Depth of hold | 11 ft 3+1⁄2 in (3.4 m) |
| Sail plan | Schooner |
| Complement | c.50 |
| Armament | 1 × 18-pounder gun + 4 × 18-pounder carronades |
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