HMS Nautilus (1784)

History
United Kingdom
NameNautilus
Ordered13 May 1782
BuilderCrookenden, Taylor & Smith, Itchenor
Laid downAugust 1872
Launched9 January 1784
CommissionedNovember 1784
Fatewrecked 2 February 1799
General characteristics
Class & typeEcho-class sloop
Tons burthen345 (bm)
Length
  • Overall: 100 ft 9 in (30.7 m)
  • Keel: 84 ft 3 in (25.7 m)
Beam27 ft 7 in (8.4 m)
Draught9 ft 3 in (2.8 m)
Complement125
Armament
  • Upper deck: 6 × 6-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 × 12-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 12-pounder carronades


HMS Nautilus was launched at Itchenor in 1784, and then moved to Portsmouth to be completed in December 1784.

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