Conway-class post ship

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Class overview
Name	Conway-class post ships
Operators	Royal Navy
Completed	10
General characteristics
Type	Sixth-rate post ship
Tons burthen	444+33⁄94 (as designed)
Length	108 ft (33 m) (gundeck) 89 ft 9.625 in (27.37168 m) (keel)
Beam	30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	155
Armament	20 guns (from 1817, 28 guns): Upper Deck: 18 × 32-pounder carronades Quarterdeck: 6 × 12-pounder carronades Forecasle: 2 × 12-pounder carronades and 2 × 6-pounder guns

The Conway class sailing sixth rates were a series of ten Royal Navy post ships built to an 1812 design by Sir William Rule. All ten were ordered on 18 January 1812, and nine of these were launched during 1814, at the end of the Napoleonic War; the last (Tees) was delayed and was launched in 1817.

These ships were originally designated as "sloops", but were nominally rated as sixth rates of 20 guns when built, as their 12-pounder carronades were not included in the official rating. When this changed in February 1817, they were rated at 28 guns.