Dispatch (1795 ship)
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Dispatch was an 18-gun, Albatross-class Albatross-class brig-sloop, launched in 1795 and intended for the British Royal Navy, but sold to the Imperial Russian Navy before commissioning. Between 1796 and 1805 she served in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. She was wrecked in 1805.
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Drawing showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth used to build the Dispatch and other ships, 1795 | |
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Name | Dispatch |
Ordered | 18 March 1795 |
Builder | Samuel Nicholson, Chatham |
Laid down | May 1795 |
Launched | 15 December 1795 |
Fate | Sold late 1795 or early 1796 |
Russian Empire | |
Name | Dispatch |
Acquired | 1795 or 1796 by purchase |
Fate | Wrecked 18 October 1805 |
General characteristics [1][2] | |
Type | Albatross-class brig-sloop |
Tons burthen | 36512⁄94 (bm) |
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Beam | 30 ft 6 in (9.3 m) |
Depth of hold | 12 ft 9+1⁄2 in (3.9 m) |
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Notes | Unlike six members of her eight-vessel class, Dispatch was built of oak, not fir. Vice-Admiral Khanykov noted that specifically in his report to St Petersburg.[3] |
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