HMS Archer (1849)
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Archer |
| Ordered |
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| Builder | Deptford dockyard |
| Cost | £41,404 |
| Laid down | 18 October 1847 |
| Launched | 27 March 1849 |
| Commissioned | 2 April 1850 |
| Honours and awards | Baltic 1854 = 55 |
| Fate | Broken up 15 March 1866 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Screw sloop |
| Displacement | 1,337 tons |
| Tons burthen | 97040/94 bm |
| Length |
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| Beam | 33 ft 10 in (10.3 m) maximum, 33 ft 6 in (10.2 m) reported for tonnage |
| Draught | 14 ft 3⁄4 in (4.3 m) mean |
| Depth of hold | 19 ft 0 in (5.8 m) |
| Installed power | 202 nhp, 347 ihp (259 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 170 |
| Armament |
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HMS Archer was initially ordered as one of two Rifleman type gunvessels on 25 April 1846. With her construction suspended in September 1846,[1] she was reordered as a sloop on 25 April 1847 to be constructed to a design of John Edye as approved on 25 August.[2] With the exception of two years on Baltic service during the Russian War of 1854 to 1855 she spent the majority on the West Coast of Africa on the anti-slavery patrol. This service involved anti-slavery work on the coasts of the Bight of Benin, and was notoriously unhealthy, with tropical diseases taking a heavy toll of British seamen. One of her commanders died and three others were invalided.[3] Archer was reclassified as a corvette in 1862.[1] She finally returned to Home waters, being sold for breaking in January 1866
Archer was the second named vessel since its introduction for a 12-gun gun brig launched by Perry at Blackwall on 2 April 1801 and sold on 14 December 1815.[4]
She was laid down at Deptford Dockyard on 18 October 1847 and launched on 27 March 1849. She was completed for sea on 9 March 1850 at a cost of £41,404 (including hull of £20,785).[1]