HMS Clio (1807)

Clio in 1824
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Clio
Namesake	Clio
Builder	James Betts, Mistleythorn
Launched	10 January 1807
Commissioned	February 1807
Decommissioned	1816
Recommissioned	February 1823
Decommissioned	1845
Fate	Broken up, 1845
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Cruizer-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen	389 35⁄94 (bm )
Length	Overall: 100 ft 0 in (30.5 m) Keel: 77 ft 8 in (23.7 m)
Beam	30 ft 9 in (9.4 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 11 in (4.2 m)
Sail plan	Brig
Complement	121
Armament	16 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder bow guns

HMS Clio was a Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, launched at James Betts' shipyard in Mistleythorn in Essex on 10 January 1807.^[1] Her establishment was 71 officers and men, 24 boys and 20 marines. She served in the Baltic during the Napoleonic Wars, accomplished the re-establishment of British rule on the Falkland Islands in 1833, and participated in the First Opium War. She was broken up in 1845.