HMS Speedy (1828)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Speedy
Ordered	1822
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down	October 1827
Launched	28 June 1828
Completed	2 November 1828
Commissioned	2 November 1833
Renamed	As YC.11, 1866
Reclassified	As a mooring lighter, August 1853
Fate	Broken up, 1876
General characteristics
Class & type	Nightingale-class cutter
Tons burthen	123 bm
Length	63 ft 9 in (19.4 m) (gundeck) 46 ft 10 in (14.3 m) (keel)
Beam	22 ft 6 in (6.9 m)
Draught	10 ft 9 in (3.3 m)
Depth	9 ft 6 in (2.9 m)
Sail plan	Fore-and-aft rig
Complement	34
Armament	2 × 6-pdr cannon; 4 × 6-pdr carronades

HMS Speedy was a 6-gun Nightingale-class cutter built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s. She was broken up in 1876.

Speedy had a length at the gundeck of 63 feet 9 inches (19.4 m) and 46 feet 10 inches (14.3 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 22 feet 6 inches (6.9 m), a draught of about 10 feet 9 inches (3.3 m) and a depth of hold of 9 feet 6 inches (2.9 m). The ship's tonnage was 123 tons burthen.^[1] The Nightingale class was armed with two 6-pounder cannon and four 6-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 34 officers and ratings.^[2]

Speedy, the fourth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,^[3] was ordered in 1822, laid down in November 1827 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 28 June 1828.^[2] She was completed on 2 November 1828 at Plymouth Dockyard.^[4]

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