HMS Forester (1832)

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History
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Name: HMS Forester
Ordered: 26 May 1826
Builder: Chatham Dockyard
Laid down: September 1930
Launched: 28 August 1832
Fate: Sold in 1843
General characteristics
Type: Brig-sloop
Tons burthen: 237 bm in Cherokee
Length:
  • 90 ft 0 in (27.43 m) (gundeck)
  • 73 ft 7.625 in (22.44408 m) (keel)
Beam: 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draught: 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
Depth of hold: 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Complement: 75
Armament: 2 × 6-pounder guns (bow) + 8 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Forester was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop ordered on 23 May 1826, laid down in September 1830 and launched on 28 August 1832 from the Chatham Dockyard, ran aground in 1833 and sold in 1843.

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