HMS Sultana (1780)

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Sultana
AcquiredJune 1780 by purchase
FateSold 1799
General characteristics [1]
TypeCutter
Tons burthen1524094 (bm)
Length
  • Overall: 65 ft 7 in (19.99 m)
  • Keel: 48 ft 9 in (14.9 m)
Beam24 ft 3 in (7.39 m)
Depth of hold9 ft 7 in (2.92 m)
Complement60
Armament
  • Initially: 12 × 4-pounder guns + 8 × ½-pounder swivel guns
  • Later: 10 × 12-pounder carronades + 12 × ½-pounder swivel guns

HMS Sultana was the mercantile Sprightly, which the Royal Navy purchased in June 1780. She served in the Channel and around Ireland before the Admiralty sold her in 1799.

  1. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 353.