HMS Sprightly (1818)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Sprightly.

History
United Kingdom
NameSprightly
Ordered1817
BuilderPembroke Dockyard
Laid downOctober 1817
Launched3 June 1818
Completed18 January 1820
FateWrecked, 27 December 1820
General characteristics
Class & typeNightingale-class cutter
Tons burthen140 bm
Length
  • 67 ft (20.4 m) (gundeck)
  • 52 ft 7 in (16.0 m) (keel)
Beam22 ft 5 in (6.8 m)
Draught10 ft 5 in (3.2 m)
Depth9 ft 6 in (2.9 m)
Sail planFore-and-aft rig
Complement34
Armament2 × 6-pdr cannon; 4 × 6-pdr carronades

HMS Sprightly was a 6-gun Nightingale-class cutter built for the Royal Navy during the 1810s. She was wrecked off the Isle of Portland in 1821.

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