HMS Investigator (1811)

History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Investigator
Ordered26 May 1810
BuilderDeptford Dockyard
Laid downJanuary 1811
Launched23 April 1811
ReclassifiedPolice ship in March 1837
FateBroken up in October 1857
General characteristics [1]
Class and typesurvey brig
Tons burthen121 (bm)
Length
  • Overall:75 ft 0+38 in (22.9 m)
  • Keel:72 ft 10+78 in (22.2 m)
Beam19 ft (5.8 m)
Depth of hold10 ft 10+58 in (3.318 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planbrig
Armament6 × 12-pounder carronades

HMS Investigator was a survey brig of the Royal Navy. She performed surveying duties until she was paid off in 1835. She then became a police ship moored on the Thames River. she was broken up in 1857.

  1. ^ Winfield 2008, p. 399.