HMS Speedwell (1815)
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For other ships with the same name, see Royal George (ship) and HMS Speedwell.
HMS Speedwell was the mercantile Royal George, which the Royal Navy purchased in 1815 and converted to a 5-gun schooner. During her career in the West Indies, she helped capture or destroy a number of pirate vessels, and capture several slave ships transporting enslaved people. The Royal Navy sold her at Jamaica in 1834.
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Royal George |
Fate | Sold 1815 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Speedwell |
Acquired | 1815 by purchase |
Fate | Sold 1834 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Tons burthen | 20332⁄94 (bm) |
Length | 80 ft 0 in (24.4 m) (overall); 61 ft 2 in (18.6 m) (keel) |
Beam | 25 ft 0 in (7.6 m) |
Depth of hold | 11 ft 3+1⁄2 in (3.4 m) |
Sail plan | Schooner |
Complement | c.50 |
Armament | 1 × 18-pounder gun + 4 × 18-pounder carronades |
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