HMS Dwarf (1810)

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Dwarf
Ordered2 October 1809
BuilderJames Lawes (or Lowes), Sandgate
Laid downNovember 1809
Launched24 April 1810
FateWrecked 3 March 1824
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeDecoy-class cutter
TypeCutter
Tons burthen2026594 (bm)
Length
  • Overall:74 ft 6+34 in (22.7 m)
  • Keel:56 ft 0+18 in (17.1 m)
Beam26 ft 1 in (8.0 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 0 in (3.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planCutter
Complement60
Armament10 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Dwarf was a Decoy-class cutter launched in 1810. She participated in the capture of a French privateer and in operations in the Gironde. After the end of the Napoleonic Wars she captured some smuggling vessels. She was wrecked in March 1824.

  1. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 363.