HMS Satellite (1826)

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

HMS Satellite commanded by Captain T. Robb in a heavy gale, Feb 28th 1838. Lat 29. Long 64.
History
United Kingdom
Name	Satellite
Ordered	9 June 1825
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down	June 1826
Launched	3 October 1826
Completed	14 February 1827
Commissioned	22 November 1826
Fate	Broken up, February 1849
General characteristics
Class and type	Satellite-class sloop
Tons burthen	466 41/94 bm
Length	112 ft (34.1 m) (gundeck) 92 ft 1 in (28.1 m) (keel)
Beam	31 ft 2 in (9.5 m)
Draught	11 ft 9 in (3.6 m)
Depth	13 ft 10 in (4.2 m)
Complement	125
Armament	2 × 6-pdr cannon; 16 × 32-pdr carronades

HMS Satellite was an 18-gun sloop, the name ship of her class, built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s.

Description

Satellite had a length at the gundeck of 112 feet (34.1 m) and 94 feet 2 inches (28.7 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 31 feet 2 inches (9.5 m), a draught of 11 feet 9 inches (3.6 m) and a depth of hold of 13 feet 10 inches (4.2 m). The ship's tonnage was 466 41⁄94 tons burthen. ^[1] The Satellite 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

Satellite, the third ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy, ^[3] was ordered on 9 June 1825, laid down in June 1826 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 3 October 1826. ^[2] She was completed on 14 February 1827 at Plymouth Dockyard and commissioned on 22 November 1826. ^[1]

Notes

1. Winfield, p. 925
2. Winfield & Lyon, p. 119
3. Colledge, p. 311

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.