HMS Speedy (1828)

History
United Kingdom
NameSpeedy
Ordered1822
BuilderPembroke Dockyard
Laid downOctober 1827
Launched28 June 1828
Completed2 November 1828
Commissioned2 November 1833
RenamedAs YC.11, 1866
ReclassifiedAs a mooring lighter, August 1853
FateBroken up, 1876
General characteristics
Class and typeNightingale-class cutter
Tons burthen123 bm
Length
  • 63 ft 9 in (19.4 m) (gundeck)
  • 46 ft 10 in (14.3 m) (keel)
Beam22 ft 6 in (6.9 m)
Draught10 ft 9 in (3.3 m)
Depth9 ft 6 in (2.9 m)
Sail planFore-and-aft rig
Complement34
Armament2 × 6-pdr cannon; 4 × 6-pdr carronades

HMS Speedy was a 6-gun Nightingale-class cutter built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s. She was broken up in 1876.