Aid-class storeship

Class overview
Built6
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeAid-class storeship
Tons burthen313 47⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 105 ft 5 in (32.13 m) (overall)
  • 87 ft 2 in (26.57 m)
Beam26 ft (7.9 m)
Draught17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)
PropulsionSails
Complement39
Armamentnone

The Aid class of Royal Navy ships were the only purpose-built auxiliary ships constructed for the Navy during the Napoleonic Wars.[1] The vessels were designed in 1808 by the Surveyors of the Navy for both transport and storage.[1]

Name[1] Built by Ordered Laid down Launched Fate
Aid Josiah & Thomas Brindly, Kings Lynn 1808 July 1808 4 April 1809 Converted to survey ship in 1816, sold 1853
Assistance John Dudman, Deptford 1808 October 1808 7 March 1809 Sold 1821
Chatham Josiah & Thomas Brindly, Frindsbury 1810 October 1810 22 June 1811 Broken up 1864
Portsmouth Milford Dockyard 1810 October 1810 29 September 1811 Broken up 1834
Diligence Jabez Bayley, Ipswich 1813 October 1813 30 October 1814 Sold 1904
Industry James Warwick, Eling 1813 January 1814 13 October 1814 Broken up 1846
  1. ^ a b c d Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793 – 1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1844157174.