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ACORN sailing brigs (18, 1838-1853)
Ships
Name |
No | Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grecian |
71 | Pembroke DYd |
7.1836 | 24.4.1838 |
10.12.1838 |
sold 1865 |
|
| Fantome | Chatham DYd | 5.1837 | 30.5.1839 | 30.5.1839 | sold 10.1864 | ||
| Pilot | Plymouth DYd | 8.1837 | 9.6.1838 | 21.10.1838 | sold 1.1862 | ||
| Acorn | Plymouth DYd | 11.1837 | 15.11.1838 | 21.3.1839 | coal hulk 1861 | ||
| Arab | Chatham DYd | 2.1838 | 31.3.1847 | 6.10.1847 | Coast Guard 5.1863 | ||
| Persian | 77 | Pembroke DYd | 5.1838 | 7.10.1839 | 28.4.1840 | sold 3.1866 | |
| Bittern | Portsmouth DYd | 3.1838 | 18.4.1840 | 17.8.1841 | sold 2.1860 | ||
| Albatross | Portsmouth DYd | 7.1838 | 28.3.1842 | 14.7.1842 | BU 5.1860 | ||
| Elk | Chatham DYd | 11.1846 | 27.9.1847 | 6.1856 | Coast Guard 5.1863 | ||
| Heron | Chatham DYd | 11.1846 | 27.9.1847 | 23.11.1857 | foundered 9.5.1859 | ||
| Mariner | 99 | Pembroke DYd | 5.1845 | 19.10.1846 | 15.3.1847 | sold 6.1865 | |
| Despatch | Chatham DYd | 12.1846 | 25.11.1851 | 24.12.1851 | Coast Guard 5.1863 | ||
| Martin | 93 | Pembroke DYd | 9.1848 | 19.9.1850 | 3.10.1850 | TS 5.1890 | |
| Kangaroo (ex-Dove) | Chatham DYd | 1.4.1850 | 31.8.1852 | 28.2.1853 | Coast Guard 5.1863 | ||
| Seaflower | 184 | Pembroke DYd | 1872 | 25.2.1873 | 6.1873 // --- | completed as tender | |
| Nautilus | 195 | Pembroke DYd | 1878 | 20.5.1879 | 1879 // --- | completed as tender | |
| Pilot | 198 | Pembroke DYd | 1878 | 12.11.1879 | 1879 // --- | completed as TS | |
| Martin (ex-Mayflower) | 223 | Pembroke DYd | 1889 | 20.1.1890 | 1890 // --- | completed as TS |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 481bm |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | |
| Length, m | 32.0 gundeck |
| Breadth, m | 10.2 |
| Draught, m | 4.52 hold depth |
| No of shafts |
|
| Machinery | sails |
| Power, h. p. | |
| Max speed, kts | |
| Fuel, t | |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armament | Grecian, Albatross: 16 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr SBML carronades Fantome, Pilot, Arab, Persian, Bittern, Elk, Heron, Mariner, Martin: 4 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML, 12 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr SBML carronades Acorn, Despatch: 12 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr SBML carronades Kangaroo: 4 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML, 8 x 1 - 1659/8 32pdr SBML carronades |
| Complement | 110 - 130 |
Project history Large series of 16-gun brigs. Last four were built as training brigs. Wooden hull. Modernizations
Large series of 16-gun brigs. Last four were built as training brigs. Wooden hull. Modernizations: None.
Naval service
Heron foundered in tornado off West Africa 9.5.1859.
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
