HMS Sappho (1837)

	HMS Ringdove, a sister-ship to HMS Sappho.
History
United Kingdom
Ordered	10 July 1832
Builder	Devonport dockyard
Laid down	December 1834
Launched	3 February 1837
Fate	Foundered with all hands February 1858 off the SE Coast of Australia
General characteristics
Tons burthen	428 2/94 bm
Length	78 ft 7 in (23.95 m) (keel); 100 ft 6 in (30.63 m) (oa);
Beam	32 ft 4 in (9.86 m)
Draught	15 ft 4 in (4.67 m)
Sail plan	Brig-rigged
Complement	Varied. Normally about 110
Armament	As built:; 2 × 9-pounder (4.1 kg) guns; 14 × 32-pounder (15 kg) carronades;

HMS Sappho was a Royal Navy brig that gained public notoriety for causing a diplomatic incident over the slave trade with the United States of America and then went missing off the Australian coast in 1857–58.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Winfield (2004) p.126

[RW-1] Winfield (2004) p.126

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History
HMS Ringdove, a sister-ship to HMS Sappho.
United Kingdom
Ordered	10 July 1832^[1]
Builder	Devonport dockyard
Laid down	December 1834^[1]
Launched	3 February 1837^[1]
Fate	Foundered with all hands February 1858 off the SE Coast of Australia
General characteristics
Tons burthen	428 2/94 bm
Length	78 ft 7 in (23.95 m) (keel) 100 ft 6 in (30.63 m) (oa)
Beam	32 ft 4 in (9.86 m)
Draught	15 ft 4 in (4.67 m)
Sail plan	Brig-rigged
Complement	Varied. Normally about 110
Armament	As built: 2 × 9-pounder (4.1 kg) guns 14 × 32-pounder (15 kg) carronades^[1]