HMS Speedy was a 6-gun built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s. She was broken up in 1876.
Description Speedy had a length at the gundeck of and at the keel. She had a beam of , a draught of about and a depth of hold of . The ship's tonnage was 123 tons burthen.Winfield, p. 1181 The Nightingale class was armed with two 6-pounder cannon and four 6-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 34 officers and ratings.Winfield & Lyon, p. 133
Construction and career Speedy, the fourth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,Colledge, p. 328 was ordered in 1822, laid down in November 1827 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 28 June 1828. She was completed on 2 November 1828 at Plymouth Dockyard.Phillips, p. 71
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