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HMS Tees (1817)

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History
Great Britain
NameHMS Tees
BuilderWilliam Taylor, Bideford
Laid downOctober 1813
Launched17 May 1817
CommissionedSeptember 1818
FateSold in 1872
General characteristics
Class and type28-gun sixth-rate Conway-class post ship
Tons burthen450.7 long tons (458 t)
Length
  • 108 ft 6 in (33.1 m) (gundeck)
  • 90 ft 1.25 in (27.5 m) (keel)
Beam30 ft 8 in (9.3 m)
Depth of hold9 ft (2.74 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement155
Armament
  • 28 guns:
  • UD: 18 × 32 pdrs carronades
  • QD: 6 x 12-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 x 12-pounder carronades
  • and 2 × 6 pdr chase guns

HMS Tess was a Conway-class 28-gun sixth rate post ship, launched in 1817. She was sold in 1872.

Sources

  • Rif Winfield. British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. 2nd edition, Seaforth Publishing, 2008. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.