Seagull-class brig-sloop

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Seagull (1805); Nightingale (1805); Oberon (1805); Imogen (1805); Savage (1805); Electra (1806); Paulina (1805); Delight (1806); Satellite (1806); Sheldrake (1806); Skylark (1806); Orestes (1805); Julia (1806) RMG J4422.png
Drawing showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with midship framing and scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for the Seagull-class ships
Class overview
NameSeagull-class brig-sloop
OperatorsNaval ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
In service1805–1819
Completed13
General characteristics
Type Brig-sloop
Tons burthen282 36⁄94 bm
Length
  • 93 ft (28.3 m) (gundeck)
  • 76 ft (23.2 m) (keel)
Beam26 ft 5 in (8.1 m)
Depth of hold12 ft (3.7 m)
Sail plan Brig-rigged
Complement95
Armament
  • As built:
  • 2 × 6-pounder guns as chase guns
  • 14 × 24-pounder carronades
  • Later:
  • 2 × 6-pounder guns as bow chasers
  • 16 × 24-pounder carronades

The Seagull class were built as a class of thirteen 16-gun brig-sloops for the Royal Navy, although an extra 2 carronades were added soon after completion. The class was designed by one of the Surveyors of the Navy - Sir William Rule - and approved on 4 January 1805. Five vessels to this design were ordered in December 1804; eight more were ordered in the summer of 1805.

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Armament

Unlike the larger Cruizer-class brig-sloops, whose main battery was composed of 32-pounder carronades, the Seagull class (and the similar Fly-class brig-sloops designed by Rule's co-surveyor - Sir John Henslow) were armed with a main battery of 24-pounder slide-mounted carronades.

Ships

NameBuilderOrderedLaid downLaunchedFate
Seagull John King, Dover 12 December 1804February 18051 July 1805Captured 1808; decommissioned from Norwegian navy 1817
Oberon James Shepheard, Hull 12 December 1804March 180513 August 1805Broken up May 1816
Imogen Jabez Bailey, Ipswich 12 December 1804April 180511 July 1805Sold for breaking on 3 April 1817
Nightingale John King, Dover12 December 1804April 180529 July 1805Sold 23 November 1815; mercantile service to c.1829
Savage Robert Adams, Chapel
(Southampton)		12 December 1804April 180530 July 1805Sold for breaking 6 March 1819
Skylark William Row, Newcastle 19 June 1805November 1805February 1806Grounded 3 May 1812 west of Boulogne; burnt to avoid capture.
Paulina Robert Guillaume, Northam
(Southampton)		11 July 1805August 18057 December 1805Sold for breaking 30 May 1816
Delight Richard Thorne, Fremington
(near Barnstaple)		12 July 1805September 1805June 1806Captured 31 January 1808 while stranded on the coast of Calabria.
Orestes Jabez Bailey, Ipswich16 July 1805August 180523 October 1805Sold for breaking 6 March 1817
Electra James Betts, Mistleythorn
(near Manningtree)		19 July 1805August 180521 January 1806Wrecked 1808; salved but broken up later that year at Malta
Julia Jabez Bailey, Ipswich30 July 1805October 18054 February 1806Wrecked at Tristan de Cunha 2 October 1817
Satellite Thomas Hills, Sandwich 7 August 1805September 1805March 1806Foundered 19/20 December 1810
Sheldrake Mark Richards, Hythe 30 August 1805October 180521 March 1806Sold for breaking 6 March 1816

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