HMS Derwent (1807)
HMS Derwent - Cruizer class | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Derwent |
| Ordered | 1 October 1806 |
| Builder | Isaac Blackburn, Turnchapel |
| Laid down | December 1806 |
| Launched | 23 May 1807 |
| Commissioned | June 1807 |
| Out of service | Paid off in 1815 |
| Fate | Sold 7 March 1817 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Cruizer-class brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen | 382 (bm) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Brig |
| Complement | 121 |
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HMS Derwent was launched in 1807 and later that year became one of the first ships sent by the British Royal Navy to suppress the slave trade.