HMS Harrier (1831)

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

HMS Harrier
History
United Kingdom
Name	Harrier
Ordered	30 January 1829
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down	November 1830
Launched	8 November 1831
Completed	25 March 1832
Commissioned	24 November 1831
Fate	Broken up, March 1840
General characteristics
Class & type	Fly-class sloop
Tons burthen	485 69/94 bm
Length	114 ft 4 in (34.8 m) (gundeck) 93 ft 6 in (28.5 m) (keel)
Beam	31 ft 7 in (9.6 m)
Draught	11 ft 9 in (3.6 m)
Depth	8 ft 3 in (2.5 m)
Complement	120
Armament	2 × 9-pdr cannon; 16 × 32-pdr carronades

HMS Harrier was an 18-gun Fly-class sloop, built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s.

Description

Harrier had a length at the gundeck of 114 feet 4 inches (34.8 m) and 93 feet 6 inches (28.5 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 31 feet 3 inches (9.5 m), a draught of 11 feet 9 inches (3.6 m) and a depth of hold of 8 feet 3 inches (2.5 m). The ship's tonnage was 48569⁄94 tons burthen. ^[1] The Fly class was armed with a pair of 9-pounder cannon in the bow and sixteen 32-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 120 officers and ratings. ^[2]

Construction and career

Harrier, the third ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy, ^[3] was ordered on 30 January 1829, laid down in November 1830 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 8 November 1831. ^[2] She was completed on 25 March 1832 at Plymouth Dockyard and commissioned on 24 November 1831. ^[1]

Plan showing a part stern elevation and plan illustrating the fitting of an iron tiller to Harrier

Notes

1. Winfield, p. 1203
2. Winfield & Lyon, p. 120
3. Colledge, p. 156

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN   978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC   67375475.
• Phillips, Lawrie (2014). Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press. ISBN   978-0-7509-5214-9.
• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN   1-84415-700-8.
• Lyon, David & Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. Chatham Publishing. ISBN   978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC   52620555.