HMS Forester (1832)

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

History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Forester
Ordered26 May 1826
BuilderChatham Dockyard
Laid downSeptember 1930
Launched28 August 1832
FateSold in 1843
General characteristics
TypeBrig-sloop
Tons burthen237 bm in Cherokee
Length
  • 90 ft 0 in (27.43 m) (gundeck)
  • 73 ft 7.625 in (22.44408 m) (keel)
Beam24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draught12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
PropulsionSails
Complement75
Armament2 × 6-pounder guns (bow) + 8 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Forester was a British Royal Navy 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop ordered on 23 May 1826, laid down in September 1830, and launched on 28 August 1832 at Chatham Dockyard. On 14 February 1833, she ran aground on a reef off St Martin's, Isles of Scilly, with the loss of a crew member. She was later refloated and towed by the paddle sloop-of-war HMS Rhadamanthus to Plymouth, Devon, England, where she was paid off in ordinary.[1][2][3][4] She was sold in 1843.

Citations

  1. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 15093. London. 20 February 1833. col B, p. 6.
  2. ^ "PORTSMOUTH, Saturday, March 9". The Times. No. 15109. London. 11 March 1833. col E, p. 1.
  3. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 19808. 20 February 1833.
  4. ^ "THE LATE STORMS". Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet & Plymouth Journal. No. 1549. 2 March 1833.

References

  • 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. OCLC 52620555.