HMS Sprightly was a 6-gun built for the Royal Navy during the 1810s. She was wrecked off the Isle of Portland in 1821.
Description Sprightly 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 140 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 Sprightly, the fourth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,Colledge, p. 330 was ordered in 1817, laid down in October 1817 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 3 June 1818. She was transferred to the Revenue Service in 1819 and completed on 18 January 1820 at Plymouth Dockyard.Phillips, p. 57 She was driven ashore and wrecked at Portland, Dorset on 27 December 1820. Her crew were rescued by HMRC Greyhound and HMRC Scourge.
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