History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Persian |
Ordered | 31 December 1835 |
Builder | Pembroke Dockyard |
Laid down | May 1838 |
Launched | 7 October 1839 |
Completed | 24 April 1840 |
Commissioned | 23 February 1840 |
Fate | Broken up by 27 June 1866 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Acorn-class brig-sloop |
Tons burthen | 483 88/94 bm |
Length | |
Beam | 33 ft 6 in (10.2 m) |
Draught | 11 ft 9 in (3.6 m) |
Depth | 14 ft 10 in (4.5 m) |
Complement | 110–130 |
Armament | 2 × 32-pdr guns; 14 × 32-pdr carronades |
HMS Persian was a sixteen-gun Acorn-class brig-sloop built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s.
Persian had a length at the gundeck of 105 feet 1 inch (32.0 m) and 82 feet 9 inches (25.2 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 33 feet 6 inches (10.2 m), a draught of 11 feet 9 inches (3.6 m) and a depth of hold of 14 feet 10 inches (4.5 m). The ship's tonnage was 483 88⁄94 tons burthen.[1] The Acorn class was initially armed with a pair of 32-pounder guns and fourteen 32-pounder carronades. The armament was later changed to four 32-pounder cannon and a dozen 32-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 110–30 officers and ratings.[2]
Persian, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[3] was ordered on 31 December 1835, laid down in May 1838 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 7 October 1839.[2] She was completed on 28 April 1840 at Plymouth Dockyard and commissioned on 23 February of that year.[1]