History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Forester
Ordered26 May 1826
BuilderChatham Dockyard
Laid downSeptember 1930
Launched28 August 1832
FateSold in 1843
General characteristics
TypeBrig-sloop
Tons burthen237 bm in Cherokee
Length
  • 90 ft 0 in (27.43 m) (gundeck)
  • 73 ft 7.625 in (22.44408 m) (keel)
Beam24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draught12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
PropulsionSails
Complement75
Armament2 × 6-pounder guns (bow) + 8 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Forester was a British Royal Navy 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop ordered on 23 May 1826, laid down in September 1830, and launched on 28 August 1832 at Chatham Dockyard. On 14 February 1833, she ran aground on a reef off St Martin's, Isles of Scilly, with the loss of a crew member. She was later refloated and towed by the paddle sloop-of-war HMS Rhadamanthus to Plymouth, Devon, England, where she was paid off in ordinary.[1][2][3][4] She was sold in 1843.

Citations

  1. ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 15093. London. 20 February 1833. col B, p. 6.
  2. ↑ "PORTSMOUTH, Saturday, March 9". The Times. No. 15109. London. 11 March 1833. col E, p. 1.
  3. ↑ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 19808. 20 February 1833.
  4. ↑ "THE LATE STORMS". Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet & Plymouth Journal. No. 1549. 2 March 1833.

References

  • 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.
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