Laurel class post ship
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The Laurel-class sailing sixth rates were a series of six post ship
Post ship
Post ship was a designation used in the Royal Navy during the Age of Sail to describe a ship of the sixth-rate that was smaller than a frigate , but by virtue of being a rated ship , had to have as its captain a post captain rather than a lieutenant or commander...
s built to an 1805 design by Sir John Henslow. The first three were launched in 1806, two more in 1807, and the last in 1812. The vessels of the class served in the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
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during the Napoleonic War.
Ships in class
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- Builder: Mr Stone, Great YarmouthGreat YarmouthGreat Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is a coastal town in Norfolk, England. It is at the mouth of the River Yare, east of Norwich.It has been a seaside resort since 1760, and is the gateway from the Norfolk Broads to the sea...
- Ordered: 30 January 1805
- Laid down: June 1805
- Launched: 19 April 1806
- Completed: 10 August 1806 at Chatham DockyardChatham DockyardChatham Dockyard, located on the River Medway and of which two-thirds is in Gillingham and one third in Chatham, Kent, England, came into existence at the time when, following the Reformation, relations with the Catholic countries of Europe had worsened, leading to a requirement for additional...
- Fate: Wrecked off GuernseyGuernseyGuernsey, officially the Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.The Bailiwick, as a governing entity, embraces not only all 10 parishes on the Island of Guernsey, but also the islands of Herm, Jethou, Burhou, and Lihou and their islet...
on 28 November 1807. - Builder: Nicholas Bools & William Good, BridportBridportBridport is a market town in Dorset, England. Located near the coast at the western end of Chesil Beach at the confluence of the River Brit and its Asker and Simene tributaries, it originally thrived as a fishing port and rope-making centre...
, DorsetDorsetDorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974... - Ordered: 30 January 1805
- Laid down: June 1805
- Launched: 2 June 1806
- Completed: 16 November 1806 at Plymouth Dockyard
- Fate: Captured by the French on 12 September 1808; recaptured 12 April 1810 and renamed HMS Laurestinus. Wrecked in the Bahamas in August 1813.
- Builder: Mr Stone, Great Yarmouth