HMS Surinam (1805)

HMS Surinam was a Cruizer-class brig-sloop built by Obadiah Ayles at Topsham, Exeter and launched in 1805. She captured one privateer during her twenty-year career and took part in two campaigns before she was broken up in 1825.

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

HMS Surinam struck by lightning, 11 December 1806, by Nicholas Matthews Condy, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Surinam
Ordered7 November 1803
BuilderAyles of Topsham
Laid downFeb 1804
LaunchedJanuary 1805
Honours and
awards
  • Naval General Service Medal with clasps:
  • "Martinique"
  • "Guadaloupe"
FateSold for breaking on 20 July 1825
General characteristics
TypeCruizer-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen384 (bm)
Length
  • Overall: 100 ft 0 in (30.5 m)
  • Keel: 77 ft 4+1⁄2 in (23.6 m)
Beam30 ft 6+1⁄2 in (9.3 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
Sail planBrig rigged
Complement121
Armament16 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder bow chasers
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