Conway-class post ship

The Conway class sailing sixth rates were a series of ten Royal Navy post ships built to an 1812 design by Sir William Rule. All ten were ordered on 18 January 1812, and nine of these were launched during 1814, at the end of the Napoleonic War; the last (Tees) was delayed and was launched in 1817.

These ships were originally designated as "sloops", but were nominally rated as sixth rates of 20 guns when built, as their 12-pounder carronades were not included in the official rating. When this changed in February 1817, they were rated at 28 guns.

Ships in class

Builder: William Courtney, Chester Laid down: March 1813 Launched: March 1814 Completed: 26 April 1814 at Plymouth Dockyard Fate: Broken up at Portsmouth in 1852.

Builder: William Courtney, Chester Laid down: March 1813 Launched: 19 May 1814 Completed: 20 June 1814 Fate: Broken up at Portsmouth in 1833.

Builder: John Pelham, Frindsbury Laid down: May 1813 Launched: 10 March 1814 Completed: 7 November 1814 Fate: Sold in 1825; became the merchantman and whaler Toward Castle and was wrecked in 1838

Builder: Josiah & Thomas Brindley, Frindsbury Laid down: May 1813 Launched: 23 March 1814 Completed: 5 November 1814 Fate: Sold in 1837.

Builder: Jabez Bayley, Ipswich Laid down: May 1813 Launched: 5 May 1814 Completed: 29 October 1814 Fate: Sold in 1819.

Builder: Balthazar Adams, Bucklers Hard Laid down: May 1813 Launched: 6 May 1814 Completed: 6 December 1814 Fate: Broken up at Plymouth in 1822.

Builder: Josiah & Thomas Brindley, Frindsbury Laid down: June 1813 Launched: 5 April 1814 Completed: 8 December 1814 Fate: Broken up in 1853.

Builder: Robert Davy, Topsham, Exeter Laid down: August 1813 Launched: 20 May 1814 Completed: 9 November 1814 Fate: Sold in 1825.

Builder: Benjamin Hobbs & George Hellyer, Redbridge, Southampton Laid down: September 1813 Launched: 17 August 1814 Completed: 10 July 1815 Fate: Broken up at Deptford in 1852.

Builder: William Taylor, Bideford Laid down: October 1813 Launched: 17 May 1817 Completed: 30 May 1818 Fate: Sold in 1872.

References

Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates, Chatham Publishing, London 2005. .