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HMS Penguin was a six-gun Alert-class packet brig built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s.

Description

Penguin had a length at the gundeck of 95 feet (29.0 m) and 75 feet (22.9 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 30 feet 4 inches (9.2 m), a draught of 10 feet 11 inches (3.3 m) and a depth of hold of 14 feet 8 inches (4.5 m). The ship's tonnage was 360 494 tons burthen.[1] The Alert class was initially armed with a pair of 6-pounder cannon and four 12-pounder carronades. Later they were equipped with six 32-pounder or eight 18-pounder cannon.[2] The ships had a crew of 44 officers and ratings.[3]

Construction and career

Penguin, the fourth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[4] was ordered on 14 April 1836, laid down in November 1836 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 10 April 1838.[3] She was completed on 21 September 1838 at Plymouth Dockyard and commissioned on 24 July of that year.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Winfield, p. 1119
  2. ^ Winfield, p. 1113
  3. ^ a b Winfield & Lyon, p. 127
  4. ^ Colledge, p. 264

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