HMS Spey (1827)
# HMS Spey (1827)

HMS Spey was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s. She was wrecked in 1840.

## Description

Spey had a length at the gundeck of 90 feet (27.4 m) and 72 feet 3 inches (22.0 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 24 feet 8 inches (7.5 m), a draught of about 9 feet 6 inches (2.9 m) and a depth of hold of 11 feet (3.4 m). The ship's tonnage was 230 64/94 tons burthen. The Cherokee class was armed with two 6-pounder cannon and eight 18-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 52 officers and ratings.

## Construction and career

Spey, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy, was ordered on 25 March 1823, laid down in July 1825 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 6 October 1827. She was completed on 17 November 1828 at Plymouth Dockyard.

Spey was wrecked on a reef in the Bahama Channel on 24 November 1841. All passengers and crew were rescued.

