HMS Satellite (1826)
# HMS Satellite (1826)

HMS Satellite was an 18-gun sloop, the name ship of her class, built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s.

## Description

Satellite had a length at the gundeck of 112 feet (34.1 m) and 94 feet 2 inches (28.7 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 31 feet 2 inches (9.5 m), a draught of 11 feet 9 inches (3.6 m) and a depth of hold of 13 feet 10 inches (4.2 m). The ship's tonnage was 466 41⁄94 tons burthen. The Satellite class was armed with a pair of 9-pounder cannon in the bow and sixteen 32-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 125 officers and ratings.

## Construction and career

Satellite, the third ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy, was ordered on 9 June 1825, laid down in June 1826 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 3 October 1826. She was completed on 14 February 1827 at Plymouth Dockyard and commissioned on 22 November 1826.

