HMS Partridge (1829) explained

HMS Partridge was a 10-gun built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s. She was sold in 1864.

Description

Partridge had a length at the gundeck of 90feet and 72feet at the keel. She had a beam of 24feet, a draught of about 9feet and a depth of hold of 11feet. The ship's tonnage was 230 64/94 tons burthen.^[1] The Cherokee class was armed with two 6-pounder cannon and eight 18-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 52 officers and ratings.^[2]

Construction and career

Partridge, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,^[3] was ordered on 28 October 1826, laid down in August 1828 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 12 October 1829.^[2] She was completed on 24 April 1836 at Plymouth Dockyard.^[4]

On 6 June 1838 the ship arrived in Helgoland and was used to deport Harro Harring to Britain.^[5]

References

• • Book: Phillips. Lawrie; Lieutenant Commander. Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History. 2014. The History Press. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK. 978-0-7509-5214-9.
• Book: Winfield. Rif. British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. 2008. Seaforth. Barnsley, UK. 978-1-84415-700-6. epub.
  • Rüger, Jan (2017) Heligoland Britain, Germany and the Struggle for the North Sea Oxford University Press. .

Notes and References

1. Winfield, p. 1085
2. Winfield & Lyon, p. 121
3. Colledge, p. 260
4. Winfield & Lyon, p. 125
5. Rüger, p36