Conway-class corvette

HMS Conway
HMS Conway
Class overview
Builders
Operators Royal Navy
Built1829–1832
In commission1831–1870
Completed2
Cancelled1
Lost1
Scrapped1
General characteristics
Class and typeCorvette (initially classed as sixth rate)
Tons burthen651 7494 bm
Length
  • 125 ft (38 m) (gundeck)
  • 106 ft (32 m) (keel)
Beam34 ft 5 in (10.49 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement175
Armament
  • Upper deck: 20 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Quarterdeck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades
  • Focsle: 2 × 9-pounder cannon[1]

The Conway-class sixth rates (later re-designated as Conway-class corvettes) were a class of three 28-gun ships built for the Royal Navy in the early 1830s. Alarm was cancelled in 1832 and Imogene accidentally burnt in 1840, leaving the sole survivor of the class, Conway, to survive until 1871.

  1. ^ Winfield (2004) p. 291