HMS Persian (1839)
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United Kingdom |Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}} |Ship name= Persian |Ship namesake= |Ship ordered=31 December 1835 |Ship builder= Pembroke Dockyard |Ship laid down=May 1838 |Ship launched=7 October 1839 |Ship commissioned=23 February 1840 |Ship completed=24 April 1840 |Ship reclassified= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship fate=Broken up by 27 June 1866 }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption=(as built) |Ship class={{sclass|Acorn|brig-sloop}} |Ship tons burthen=483 88/94 bm |Ship length=*{{convert|105|ft|1|in|m|abbr=on|1}} (Gun deck)
|Ship beam={{convert|33|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on|1}} |Ship draught={{convert|11|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on|1}} |Ship depth={{convert|14|ft|10|in|m|abbr=on|1}} |Ship sail plan= |Ship endurance= |Ship complement=110–130 |Ship armament=2 × 32-pdr guns; 14 × 32-pdr carronades |Ship notes= }} |
HMS Persian was a sixteen-gun {{sclass|Acorn|brig-sloop}} built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s.
Description
Persian had a length at the gundeck of {{convert|105|ft|1|in|m|1}} and {{convert|82|ft|9|in|m|1}} at the keel. She had a beam of {{convert|33|ft|6|in|m|1}}, a draught of {{convert|11|ft|9|in|m|1}} and a depth of hold of {{convert|14|ft|10|in|m|1}}. The ship's tonnage was 483 {{fraction|88|94}} tons burthen.Winfield, p. 1135 The Acorn class was initially armed with a pair of 32-pounder guns and fourteen 32-pounder carronades. The armament was later changed to four 32-pounder cannon and a dozen 32-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 110–30 officers and ratings.Winfield & Lyon, p. 128
Construction and career
Persian, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,Colledge, p. 265 was ordered on 31 December 1835, laid down in May 1838 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 7 October 1839. She was completed on 28 April 1840 at Plymouth Dockyard and commissioned on 23 February of that year.
Notes
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References
- {{Cite Colledge2006}}
- {{cite book|last1=Phillips|first1=Lawrie; Lieutenant Commander|title=Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History|date=2014|publisher=The History Press|location=Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK|isbn=978-0-7509-5214-9}}
- {{cite book|last1=Winfield|first1=Rif|title=British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates|date=2008|publisher=Seaforth|location=Barnsley, UK|isbn=1-84415-700-8|type=epub}}
- {{winfield}}
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