HMS Egeria (1807)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Egeria.
For other uses, see Egeria.

HMS Egeria (centre)
HM Ship Egeria, Capt Lewis Hole, with the Aalborg, Danish Cutter, a prize, in Tow, HM Brig Childers shewing her Nos 2 March 1809
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Egeria
Ordered19 November 1805
BuilderNicholas Bools & William Good, Bridport
Launched31 October 1807
Fate
  • Receiving ship at Devonport from 1825
  • Broken up 1864
General characteristics [1]
Class and type18-gun Cormorant-class sloop
Tons burthen42642⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 108 ft 3 in (33.0 m) (overall)
  • 90 ft 7 in (27.6 m) (keel)
Beam29 ft 9 in (9.1 m)
Depth of hold9 ft 0+1⁄2 in (2.8 m)
Sail planShip
Complement135
Armament
  • Upper deck: 18 × 32-pounder carronades
  • QD: 6 × 18-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 6-pounder bow chasers + 2 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Egeria was a Royal Navy 26-gun Cormorant-class ship-sloop launched at Bridport in 1807. During the Gunboat War she captured three privateers and several merchant vessels. After the Napoleonic Wars she continued on active service until 1825, after which she served as a receiving or accommodation ship. She was eventually broken up in 1865.

  1. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 262.