Cherokee class
The Beagle as a barque
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The Cherokee- class is a series of English briggs . The Beagle belonging to the series has become particularly well known through Charles Darwin's travels .
The 1807 Cherokee class English flat-deck brig
The English Cherokee- class 10-gun flat-deck briggs are one of a series of designs by brig sloops and briggs that appeared towards the end of the American Revolutionary War and thereafter. The number of ships in this class increased steadily. The individual ships took on many of the tasks of the larger sloops . At the end of the Napoleonic War , the vast majority of smaller warships - like the Cherokee class at first - had brig rigging . The Cherokee class embodied the smallest brig type drawn by Henry Peake. As such, he was not classified in one of six British ship classes and was thus added from a Commander commanded.
The first series of thirty-four ships of this type was ordered from private British shipyards between 1807 and 1808 during wartime. Seventy-eight further sister ships of the second and third series were ordered from the Royal Shipyards after the Napoleonic Wars, the second between 1812 and 1818, the third between 1823 and 1826. From the order of the British Admiralty for the sale of the remaining operational units of March 19, 1853 a possible indication of the end of active service of the Cherokee- class in the Royal Navy emerged.
The first series 1807 and 1808
Of the ships of the first series, the Prince Arthur was sold to Morocco in December 1808 , five more, namely the Achates , Wild Bear , Ephira , Sarpedon and Rhodian , were lost between 1810 and 1813. Two further ships of the first series were ordered in teak wood from the Royal Shipyard in Bombay in 1812. The Sphinx was launched on January 25, 1815, the Cameleon on January 16, 1816. They therefore fall into the second series (see below).
Before the end of the coalition wars between 1807 and 1808, the following ships were ordered:
Cherokee- class first series ships | |||
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Ship name | ordered on | launched into the water | Whereabouts / fate |
Rolla | March 30, 1807 | February 13, 1808 | canceled April 18, 1822 |
Cherokee | March 30, 1807 | February 24, 1808 | canceled March 2, 1828 |
Cadmus | March 30, 1807 | February 26, 1808 | canceled March 12, 1864 |
Leveret | March 30, 1807 | February 27, 1808 | canceled April 18, 1822 |
Parthian | November 26, 1807 | February 13, 1808 | Shipwreck near Alexandria / Egypt on May 15, 1828 |
Badger | December 31, 1807 | July 23, 1808 | laid on the beach on March 22, 1860 at the Cape of Good Hope and broken off there in 1864 |
Breeze ice | December 31, 1807 | May 19, 1808 | Shipwreck near Point Pedras / Cuba on November 5, 1816 |
Cordelia | December 31, 1807 | July 26, 1808 | canceled December 12, 1833 |
Helcion | December 31, 1807 | August 5, 1808 | canceled July 1829 |
Jasper | December 31, 1807 | May 27, 1808 | Shipwreck below Mount Batten, Plymouth Sound , on January 20th, 1817 |
onyx | December 31, 1807 | July 8, 1808 | canceled February 3, 1819 |
Hope | December 31, 1807 | July 22, 1808 | canceled February 3, 1819 |
possum | December 31, 1807 | July 9, 1808 | canceled February 3, 1819 |
Chanticleer | December 31, 1807 | July 26, 1808 | canceled June 1871 |
Rinaldo | December 31, 1807 | July 13, 1808 | canceled August 6, 1835 |
Britomart | December 31, 1807 | July 28, 1808 | Sold February 3, 1819 |
Calliope | December 31, 1807 | July 28, 1808 | canceled August 13, 1829 |
Lyre | December 31, 1807 | August 22, 1808 | canceled July 11, 1818 |
Redpole | December 31, 1807 | July 29, 1808 | sunk as a parcel ship by the pirate ship Congress off Cape Fria / Brazil in August 1828. No survivors. |
Goldfinch | December 31, 1807 | August 8, 1808 | canceled November 8, 1838 |
Woodlark | December 31, 1807 | November 17, 1808 | canceled January 29, 1818 |
Shearwater | December 31, 1807 | November 21, 1808 | canceled November 1832 |
Beaver | April 1808 | February 16, 1809 | canceled June 24, 1829 |
Drake | June 27, 1808 | November 3, 1808 | Shipwreck off Cape Race / Newfoundland on June 22, 1822 |
Rosario | June 27, 1808 | December 7, 1808 | canceled November 1832 |
Renard | July 9, 1808 | December 15, 1808 | canceled January 29, 1818 |
Bermuda | July 18, 1808 | December 20, 1808 | Shipwreck off Tampico Bar on November 16, 1816 |
Tyrian | July 18, 1808 | December 16, 1808 | canceled July 22, 1819 |
The Cadmus served as CGWV.24 from February 1835, and the Chanticleer as CGWV.5 from February 1830 to May 25, 1863 in the Coast Guard.
The Rinaldo , Redpole , and Goldfinch have been converted into package ships.
The second series 1812 and 1818
After the Napoleonic War, the Peake design saw a revival. The later ships were made around 42 cm shorter and 5 cm wider based on a modified drawing on the waterline. The planned water displacement fell to 231 tn.l.
The crew was set to:
- 52 men in peacetime,
- 33 men as a parcel brig ,
- 50 men as a brigantine .
Orders for Cherokee- class flat-deck brigs after the Napoleonic War were all placed with Royal State Shipyards. These were: Chatham Dockyard , Deptford Dockyard, Portsmouth Dockyard, Pembroke Dockyard, Plymouth Dockyard , Sheerness Dockyard and Woolwich Dockyard
Note: Some ship names of the Cherokee class appear for the second time within the ship class and are marked with (2.) if they were ordered as a replacement for a ship that has already been lost or abandoned. The ships Forester and Griffon were initially ordered, but then canceled and re-ordered in a different version. These appear within the order series marked with (1.), but were not initially built.
After the end of the coalition wars, the following ships were ordered between 1812 and 1818:
Cherokee- class second series ships | |||||
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Ship name | Shipyard | ordered on | launched into the water | put into service | Whereabouts / fate |
sphinx | Bombay Dockyard finish in teak |
October 2, 1812 | January 25, 1815 | April 3, 1815 | Canceled August 6, 1835 |
Cameleon | Bombay Dockyard finish in teak |
October 2, 1812 | January 16, 1816 | January 1819 | Canceled in April 1849 |
Alacrity | Deptford Dockyard | June 13, 1817 | December 19, 1818 | August 8, 1820 | Sold August 28, 1835 |
Bustard | Chatham Dockyard | June 13, 1817 | December 12, 1818 | January 1820 | Sold June 24, 1829 |
Brisk | Chatham Dockyard | June 13, 1817 | February 10, 1819 | June 16, 1819 | Sold November 7, 1843 |
Delight | Portsmouth Dockyard | June 13, 1817 | May 10, 1819 | August 31, 1822 | Sunk off Mauritius on February 23, 1825. No survivors. |
Cygnet | Portsmouth Dockyard | June 13, 1817 | May 11, 1819 | September 10, 1819 | Sold 6 August 1835 |
Ariel | Deptford Dockyard | June 13, 1817 | July 28, 1820 | July 1821 | Lost. Probably failed on December 8, 1828 in the North Atlantic . No survivors. |
Eclipse | Plymouth Dockyard | June 13, 1817 | July 23, 1819 | August 19, 1819 | Sold November 10, 1865 |
Falcon | Pembroke Dockyard | June 13, 1817 | June 10, 1820 | August 3, 1820. The Falcon was converted into a steam-powered sloop by order of the Admiralty on March 6, 1832, but this failed, which is why the steam engine was removed again in 1834 | Sold for trading August 16, 1838, renamed Waterwitch. |
beagle | Woolwich Dockyard | June 13, 1817 | May 11, 1820 | August 19, 1819 | canceled on May 13, 1870 |
Barracouta | Woolwich Dockyard | June 13, 1817 | May 13, 1820 | January 11, 1822 | Sold January 21, 1836 |
Emulous | Plymouth Dockyard | June 13, 1817 | May 13, 1820 | January 11, 1822 | Sold January 21, 1836 |
Frolic | Pembroke Dockyard | June 13, 1817 | June 10, 1820 | August 3, 1820 | Sold August 16, 1838 |
Lyra (2.) | Plymouth Dockyard | November 2, 1818 | June 1, 1821 | August 1821 | Sold August 16, 1838 |
Jasper (2.) | Portsmouth Dockyard | November 2, 1818 | July 26, 1820 | August 8, 18210 | Sunk off Lefkada on October 11, 1828, the wreck was sold in January 1831 |
Britomart | Portsmouth Dockyard | November 2, 1818 | August 24, 1820 | September 5, 1820 | Sold 1843 |
Partridge (1.) | Plymouth Dockyard | November 2, 1818 | March 22, 1822 | August 30, 1823 | Destroyed by stranding on the island of Texel , the wreck was sold on August 30, 1825 |
Reynard (2nd) | Pembroke Dockyard | November 2, 1818 | October 26, 1821 | in September 1820 | Canceled in August 1857 |
Weazle | Chatham Dockyard | November 2, 1818 | March 26, 1820 | November 10, 1823 | Canceled April 30, 1844 |
Kingfisher | Woolwich Dockyard | November 2, 1818 | March 11, 1823 | March 6, 1824 | Sold August 16, 1838 |
Procris | Chatham Dockyard | November 2, 1818 | June 21, 1822 | March 9, 1826 | Sold January 1837 |
Algerine | Deptford Dockyard | November 2, 1818 | June 10, 1823 | May 27, 1824 | Gone lost, probably failed in the Mediterranean . No survivors |
magnet | Woolwich Dockyard | November 2, 1818 | March 13, 1823 | Commissioned as a Paket-Brigg (3 guns) on December 14, 1823 | Sold July 27, 1847 |
zephyr | Pembroke Dockyard | November 2, 1818 | November 1, 1823 | Commissioned as a Paket-Brigg (6 cannons) on June 23, 1824 | Sold September 8, 1836 |
Halcyon | Woolwich Dockyard | November 2, 1818. Canceled February 21, 1831 | |||
Opossum (2.) | Sheerness Dockyard | December 8, 1818 | December 11, 1821 | Commissioned as a parcel brig on May 3, 1829 | Sold May 27, 1841 |
Onyx (2.) | Sheerness Dockyard | December 8, 1818 | January 24, 1822 | Commissioned as escort ship for the royal yacht Royal George on May 3, 1829 | Canceled January 1837 |
Plover | Portsmouth Dockyard | May 23, 1820 | June 30, 1821 | Commissioned as a parcel brig May 3, 1829 | Sold May 27, 1841 |
Ferret | Portsmouth Dockyard | May 23, 1820 | October 12, 1821 | December 27, 1821 | Sold January 1837 |
Hope (2nd) | Plymouth Dockyard | May 23, 1820 | December 8, 1824 | Commissioned as a Paket-Brigg (4 cannons) on June 1, 1825 | Canceled October 13, 1882 |
Mutins | Plymouth Dockyard | May 23, 1820 | May 19, 1825 | Commissioned as a Paket-Brigg (4 cannons) on October 21, 1826 | Sold for trade on May 27, 1841. Renamed Aladdin . |
Forester (1st) | Deptford Dockyard | May 23, 1820. | Reordered May 23, 1826 (see below), Chatham Dockyard | ||
Griffon (1.) | Deptford Dockyard | May 23, 1820. | Reordered May 23, 1826 (see below), Chatham Dockyard | ||
Tyrian | Woolwich Dockyard | January 6, 1821 | September 16, 1826 | Commissioned as a parcel brig on November 16, 1826 | |
Philomel | Portsmouth Dockyard | April 19, 1821 | April 26, 1823 | May 23, 1823 | Sold December 12, 1833 |
royalist | Portsmouth Dockyard | April 19, 1821 | May 12, 1823 | May 23, 1823 | Sold November 8, 1838 |
The Sphinx , Cygnet , Ariel , Barracouta , Kingfisher , Reynard (2nd) , Magnet , Plover , Hope (2nd) , Tyrian were converted into parcel ships .
The Coast Guard ships were Eclipse as CGWV.21 , Beagle as CGWV.5 and Emulous as CGWV.13 .
The third series in 1823 and 1826
The third series of the Cherokee class initially comprised forty-four ships, four of which were canceled again. Six other orders were replaced by those with paddle wheel drive.
This series was completed as brigantines.
- Crew: 50 men
- Armament: either 1 × 18 pound cannon (38 CWT ) and two additional 18 pound cannons (22 CWT ) or alternatively a 24 pound cannon and 2 × 24 pound carronades .
Between 1823 and 1826 the following ships were ordered:
Cherokee- class third series ships | |||||
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Ship name | Shipyard | ordered on | launched into the water | put into service | Whereabouts / fate |
Leveret (2.) | Portsmouth Dockyard | March 25, 1823 | February 19, 1825 | March 27, 1825 | Sold November 7, 1843 |
Musquito | Portsmouth Dockyard | March 25, 1823 | February 19, 1825 | July 28, 1827 | Sold November 7, 1843 |
Hearty | Chatham Dockyard | March 25, 1823 | October 22, 1824 | July 26, 1827 | Lost. Probably failed in the North Atlantic. No survivors |
Myrtle | Portsmouth Dockyard | March 25, 1823 | September 14, 1825 | Commissioned on October 27, 1827 as a Paket Brigg (6 cannons) | Sunk off Nova Scotia on April 3, 1829 |
Lapwing | Chatham Dockyard | March 25, 1823 | February 20, 1825 | Commissioned on January 6, 1829 as a Paket Brigg (6 cannons) | Sold November 22, 1861 |
Sheldrake | Pembroke Dockyard | March 25, 1823 | May 19, 1825 | Commissioned on October 21, 1826 as a Paket-Brigg (4 cannons) | Sold by order of the Admiralty on March 19, 1853, in 1855 |
Harpy | Chatham Dockyard | March 25, 1823 | July 16, 1825 | May 13, 182 | Sold May 27, 1841 |
Alban | Deptford Dockyard | March 25, 1823. Canceled. Re-ordered as a paddle steamer of the Alban class in May 1824 | |||
Carron | Deptford Dockyard | March 25, 1823. Canceled. Re-ordered as a paddle steamer of the Alban class in May 1824 | |||
Columbia | Woolwich Dockyard | March 25, 1823. Canceled. Re-ordered as a paddle steamer of the Alban class in May 1824 | |||
Confiance | Woolwich Dockyard | March 25, 1823. Canceled. Re-ordered as a paddle steamer of the Alban class in May 1824 | |||
Dee | Woolwich Dockyard | March 25, 1823. Canceled. Re-ordered as a paddle steamer of the Alban class in May 1824 | |||
echo | Woolwich Dockyard | March 25, 1823. Canceled. Re-ordered as a paddle steamer of the Alban class in May 1824 | |||
Fairy | Chatham Dockyard | March 25, 1823 | April 25, 1826 | July 17, 1827 | Sunk off Suffolk on November 13, 1840. No survivors |
Skylark | Pembroke Dockyard | March 25, 1823 | May 6, 1826 | Commissioned on February 22, 1827 as a Paket-Brigg (4 guns) | Sunk off the Isle of Wight on April 25, 1845 |
Espoir | Chatham Dockyard | March 25, 1823 | May 9, 1826 | August 14, 1827 | Sold by order of the Admiralty on March 19, 1853, presumably sold in 1857 |
Calypso | Chatham Dockyard | March 25, 1823 | August 19, 1828 | Commissioned on October 29, 1826, initially as a private yacht (two cannons) of the Governor of Malta. | Return to the Royal Navy in May 1829. Parcel brig (6 cannons) from October 1829. Lost. Presumably failed off Halifax / Nova Scotia on February 1, 1833. No survivors |
Spey | Pembroke Dockyard | March 25, 1823 | October 6, 1827 | Commissioned November 17, 1828 as a parcel brig (4 cannons) | Sunk at Racoon Cay / Bahamas on November 26, 1840 |
variable | Pembroke Dockyard | March 25, 1823 | October 6, 1827 | renamed Pigeon on February 2, 1829, commissioned as a Paket-Brigg (4 cannons) on February 23, 1829 | Sold by order of the Admiralty on July 27, 1847 |
Brise ice (2.) | Deptford Dockyard | March 25, 1823 | July 3, 1829 | as a parcel brig on November 2, 1829 | Lost. Probably failed in January 1838 in the North Atlantic. No survivors |
Rapid | Portsmouth Dockyard | March 25, 1823 | August 17, 1829 | November 23, 1829 | Sunk off Tunisia on April 12, 1838 |
Recruit | Portsmouth Dockyard | March 25, 1823 | August 17, 1829 | August 18, 1831 | Lost. Probably failed in the Atlantic in June 1832. No survivors |
Reindeer | Plymouth Dockyard | March 25, 1823 | September 29, 1829 | Commissioned on March 2, 1830 as a parcel brig (4 guns) | Sold in Gibraltar before January 17, 1857 |
Thais | Deptford Dockyard | March 25, 1823 | October 12, 1829 | as a parcel brig (6 cannons) in June 1832 | Lost. Probably failed in December 1833 off Galway. No survivors |
Rolla (2.) | Plymouth Dockyard | March 25, 1823 | December 10, 1829 | January 4, 1834 | Canceled September 15, 1868 |
Savage | Plymouth Dockyard | March 25, 1823 | December 29, 1830 | March 19, 1831 | Sold in Malta on September 10, 1862 and canceled there 1866 |
Saracen | Plymouth Dockyard | March 25, 1823 | January 30, 1831 | January 30, 1834 | Sold in late 1862 |
Scorpion | Plymouth Dockyard | March 25, 1823 | July 28, 1832 | February 22, 1834 | Canceled on October 17, 1874 |
Sealark | Plymouth Dockyard | March 25, 1823 | laid down but canceled before completion. Canceled in February 1831 | ||
Hyaena | Deptford Dockyard | ex Calypso (1st) appointed on March 25, 1823. Canceled on February 21, 1831 | |||
Termagant | Portsmouth Dockyard | March 23, 1824 | March 26, 1838 | as a brigantine (3 cannons) on June 9, 1838 | Sold March 1845 |
Lynx | Portsmouth Dockyard | November 23, 1824 | 09/02/1833 | as a brigantine (3 cannons) December 13, 1833 | Canceled on December 3, 1845 |
nautilus | Woolwich Dockyard | December 7, 1824 | March 11, 1830 | June 28, 1830 | Canceled on October 17, 1878 |
Curlew | Woolwich Dockyard | December 7, 1824 | February 25, 1830 | June 28, 1830 | Canceled in August 1849 |
Delight (2.) | Chatham Dockyard | May 23, 1826 | November 27, 1829, put into service as a Paket-Brigg (4 cannons) on January 25, 1830 | Sold April 30, 1844 | |
Algerine (2.) | Chatham Dockyard | May 23, 1826 | August 1, 1829 | October 5, 1829 | Sold April 30, 1844 |
Griffon (2.) | Chatham Dockyard | May 23, 1826 | September 11, 1832 | as a brigantine (3 cannons) on January 2, 1833 | Canceled February 27, 1869 |
Forester | Chatham Dockyard | May 23, 1826 | August 28, 1832 | as a brigantine (3 cannons) on January 2, 1833 | Sold November 27, 1843 |
Partridge (2.) | Pembroke Dockyard | October 28, 1826 | October 12, 1829 | April 24, 1836 | Sold February 2, 1864 |
Wizard | Pembroke Dockyard | October 28, 1826 | May 24, 1830 | June 15, 1837 | Sunk near Berehaven / Bantry Bay on February 8, 1859 |
Charybdis | Portsmouth Dockyard | October 28, 1826 | February 27, 1831 | as a brigantine (3 cannons) on July 11, 1831 | Sold November 7, 1843 |
Buzzard | Portsmouth Dockyard | 10/28/1826 | March 23, 1834 | as a brigantine (3 cannons) on August 27, 1834 | Sold November 7, 1843 |
Foxhound | Plymouth Dockyard | October 28, 1826, canceled February 21, 1831 | |||
Helena | Plymouth Dockyard | October 28, 1826, canceled February 21, 1831 |
Later used as a coast guard ship: Partridge (2nd) as CGWV.32
literature
- David Lion, Rif Winfield (2004): Sail & Steam Navy List, All The Ships Of The Royal Navy 1815-1889 ; Chatham Publishing in association with the National Maritime Museum, London; Pp. 73-75; Pp. 121-125; P. 149 ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6