HMS Belette (1814)

Belette
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Belette
BuilderEdward Larking & William Spong, King's Lynn
Launched1814
Completed1818
CommissionedMay 1818
DecommissionedDecember 1821
RecommissionedSeptember 1822
Decommissioned1827
FateSold, 26 March 1828
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeCruizer-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen3842694 (bm)
Length100 ft 0 in (30.48 m) o/a; 77 ft 2+78 in (23.543 m) (keel)
Beam30 ft 7 in (9.32 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
Sail planBrig
Complement121
Armament
  • 16 × 32-pounder carronades
  • 2 × 6-pounder bow guns

HMS Belette (or Bellette) was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop, built by Edward Larking and William Spong at Kings Lynn and launched in 1814.[1] She was the second Cruizer-class brig-sloop to bear the name. Belette had an uneventful career performing peacetime patrols and was sold in 1828.

  1. ^ a b Winfield (2008), p. 306.