Seagull class brig-sloop

Class overview

Name:	Seagull-class brig-sloop
Operators:	Royal Navy
In service:	1805 - 1819
Completed:	13
General characteristics
Type:	Brig-sloop
Tons burthen:	282 ³⁶⁄₉₄ bm
Length:	93 ft (28.3 m) (gundeck) 76 ft (23.2 m) (keel)
Beam:	26 ft 5 in (8.1 m)
Depth of hold:	12 ft (3.7 m)
Sail plan:	Brig-rigged
Complement:	95
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.

Unlike the larger Cruiser-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.

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