HMS Larne (1829)

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

History
United Kingdom
Name	Larne
Ordered	15 May 1821
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down	July 1828
Launched	2 June 1829
Completed	16 September 1829
Commissioned	15 June 1829
Fate	Broken up by 28 March 1866
General characteristics
Class and type	Comet-class sloop
Tons burthen	462 63/94 bm
Length	113 ft 3 in (34.5 m) (gundeck) 93 ft 3 in (28.4 m) (keel)
Beam	30 ft 11 in (9.4 m)
Depth	8 ft (2.4 m)
Complement	125
Armament	2 × 6-pdr cannon; 16 × 32-pdr carronades

HMS Larne was an 18-gun Comet-class sloop built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s. She was broken up in 1866.

Description

Larne had a length at the gundeck of 113 feet 3 inches (34.5 m) and 93 feet 3 inches (28.4 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 30 feet 11 inches (9.4 m), and a depth of hold of 8 feet (2.4 m). The ship's tonnage was 462 63⁄94 tons burthen. ^[1] The Comet class was armed with a pair of 9-pounder cannon in the bow and sixteen 32-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 125 officers and ratings. ^[2]

Construction and career

EIC ship Nemesis, with boats from the Sulphur, Calliope, Larne and Starling, destroying Chinese war junks in Anson's Bay, on 7 January 1841.

Larne, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy, ^[3] was ordered with the name of Orestes on 15 May 1821, renamed Lightning on 30 January 1822, laid down in July 1828 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 2 June 1829. ^[2] She was completed on 16 September 1829 at Plymouth Dockyard and commissioned on 25 June 1829. The ship was again renamed as Larne on 12 September 1832. ^[1]

Notes

1. Winfield, p. 905
2. Winfield & Lyon, p. 117
3. Colledge, p. 194

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN   978-1-86176-281-8.
• Phillips, Lawrie; Lieutenant Commander (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 (epub). Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN   978-1-84415-700-6.
• Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889 . London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN   978-1-86176-032-6.