HMS Larne (1829)

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

History
United Kingdom
NameLarne
Ordered15 May 1821
BuilderPembroke Dockyard
Laid downJuly 1828
Launched2 June 1829
Completed16 September 1829
Commissioned15 June 1829
FateBroken up by 28 March 1866
General characteristics
Class and typeComet-class sloop
Tons burthen462 63/94 bm
Length
  • 113 ft 3 in (34.5 m) (gundeck)
  • 93 ft 3 in (28.4 m) (keel)
Beam30 ft 11 in (9.4 m)
Depth8 ft (2.4 m)
Complement125
Armament2 × 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. ^ a b Winfield, p. 905
  2. ^ a b 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • 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. OCLC 52620555.