HMS Clio (1807)
Clio in 1824 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Clio |
| Namesake | Clio |
| Builder | James Betts, Mistleythorn |
| Launched | 10 January 1807 |
| Commissioned | February 1807 |
| Decommissioned | 1816 |
| Recommissioned | February 1823 |
| Decommissioned | 1845 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1845 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Cruizer-class brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen | 389 35⁄94 (bm ) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 30 ft 9 in (9.4 m) |
| Depth of hold | 13 ft 11 in (4.2 m) |
| Sail plan | Brig |
| Complement | 121 |
| Armament | 16 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder bow guns |
HMS Clio was a Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, launched at James Betts' shipyard in Mistleythorn in Essex on 10 January 1807. Her establishment was 71 officers and men, 24 boys and 20 marines. She served in the Baltic during the Napoleonic Wars, accomplished the re-establishment of British rule on the Falkland Islands in 1833, and participated in the First Opium War. She was broken up in 1845.