HMS Speedy (1828)
HMS Speedy was a 6-gun Nightingale-class cutter built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s. She was broken up in 1876.
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Speedy |
| Ordered | 1822 |
| Builder | Pembroke Dockyard |
| Laid down | October 1827 |
| Launched | 28 June 1828 |
| Completed | 2 November 1828 |
| Commissioned | 2 November 1833 |
| Renamed | As YC.11, 1866 |
| Reclassified | As a mooring lighter, August 1853 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1876 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Nightingale-class cutter |
| Tons burthen | 123 bm |
| Length | |
| Beam | 22 ft 6 in (6.9 m) |
| Draught | 10 ft 9 in (3.3 m) |
| Depth | 9 ft 6 in (2.9 m) |
| Sail plan | Fore-and-aft rig |
| Complement | 34 |
| Armament | 2 × 6-pdr cannon; 4 × 6-pdr carronades |
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