Class overview | |
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Name: | Laurel-class post ships |
Operators: | Royal Navy |
Completed: | 6 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Sixth-rate post ship |
Tons burthen: | 526 39⁄94 (bm; as designed) |
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Beam: | 31 ft 6 in (9.60 m) |
Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
Complement: | 155 (later raised to 175). |
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The Laurel-class sailing sixth rates were a series of six post ships built to an 1805 design by Sir John Henslow. The first three were launched in 1806, two more in 1807, and the last in 1812. The vessels of the class served in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic War.