Dutch sloop Sireene (1786)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Daphne and HMS Laurel.

History
Dutch Navy Ensign Batavian Navy EnsignDutch Republic
NameSireene
BuilderNaval yard at Harlingen, Friesland
Launched1786
Captured17 August 1796
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Daphne
Acquired17 August 1796 by capture
RenamedHMS Laurel in 1798
FateSold 1821
General characteristics [1]
TypeShip-sloop
Tons burthen574 45⁄94 (bm)[1]
Length
  • Dutch: 126' (Amsterdam foot)[a]
  • British:1,178 ft 10+1⁄2 in (359.3 m) (overall); 973 ft 1 in (296.6 m) (keel)
Beam
  • Dutch: 34' 10⁄11"
  • British:33 ft 4+1⁄2 in (10.2 m)
Depth of hold
  • Dutch: 13' 10⁄11"[2]
  • British:11 ft 10 in (3.6 m)
PropulsionSails
ComplementDutch service:150 British service:155
Armament
  • Dutch service:20-26 guns
  • British service:
  • Upper deck: 22 × 9-pounder guns
  • QD:2 × 6-pounder guns + 6 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Fc:2 × 32-pounder carronades

The Dutch sloop Sireene (or Sirène) was launched in 1786. The British captured her in 1796 at the capitulation of Saldanha Bay. She then served in the Royal Navy, first briefly as the sixth rate HMS Daphne, and then from 1798 as the prison ship HMS Laurel. The Admiralty sold her in 1821.

  1. ^ a b Winfield (2008), p.235.
  2. ^ a b van Maanen, p. 36.


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