HMS Hazard (1837)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Hazard
Ordered	10 June 1823
Builder	Portsmouth Dockyard
Cost	£10,500
Laid down	May 1829
Launched	21 April 1837
Completed	5 July 1837
Fate	Broken up by 12 February 1866
General characteristics
Class and type	18-gun Favorite-class sloop
Tons burthen	431 bm[1]
Length	109 ft 6 in (33.38 m) (overall) 86 ft 9.5 in (26.454 m) (keel)
Beam	30 ft 9 in (9.37 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	125
Armament	2 × 9-pdrs (bow) 16 × 32-pdr carronades

HMS Hazard was an 18-gun Favorite-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was one of four Favorite-class ship sloops, which were a ship-rigged and lengthened version of the 1796 Cruizer-class brig-sloop. All four ships of the class were ordered on 10 June 1823. She was launched in 1837 from Portsmouth Dockyard.