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{{Other ships|HMS Cockatrice}}{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}{{Use British English|date=August 2017}}{{Infobox ship image| Ship image= | Ship caption=
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United Kingdom | UK|naval}} | Ship name= Cockatrice | Ship namesake=Cockatrice | Ship ordered=11 September 1828 | Ship builder= Pembroke Dockyard | Ship laid down=July 1831 | Ship launched=14 May 1832 | Ship completed=15 September 1832 | Ship homeport= | Ship reclassified=As packet boat, 1832 | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship fate=Sold, September 1858
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Cockatrice|schooner}} | Ship tons burthen=18178/94 bm | 80|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} (gundeck)- {{convert|64|ft|2|in|m|abbr=on|1}} (keel)
| 23|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on|1}} | 9|ft|5|in|m|abbr=on|1}} | 9|ft|10|in|m|abbr=on|1}} | Ship sail plan=brigantine rig | Ship endurance= | Ship complement=33–42 | Ship armament=*2 × 6-pdr cannon; 4 × 12-pdr carronades | Ship notes=
}} | HMS Cockatrice was a six-gun schooner, the name ship of her class, built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s. She was sold for scrap in 1858. DescriptionCockatrice had a length at the gundeck of {{convert|80|ft|m|1}} and {{convert|64|ft|2|in|m|1}} at the keel. She had a beam of {{convert|23|ft|4|in|m|1}}, a draught of about {{convert|9|ft|5|in|m|1}} and a depth of hold of {{convert|9|ft|10|in|m|1}}. The ship's tonnage was 181 78/94 tons burthen.[1] The Cockatrice class was armed with two 6-pounder cannon and four 12-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 33–42 officers and ratings.[2]Construction and careerCockatrice, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[3] was ordered on 11 September 1828, laid down in July 1831 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 14 May 1832.[2] She was completed on 15 September 1832 at Plymouth Dockyard.[1]Citations1. ^1 Winfield, pp. 1202–03
2. ^1 Winfield & Lyon, p. 138
3. ^Colledge, pp. 73
References- {{Colledge}}
- {{cite book|last1=Phillips|first1=Lawrie; Lieutenant Commander|title=Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History|date=2014|publisher=The History Press|location=Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK|isbn=978-0-7509-5214-9}}
- {{cite book|last1=Winfield|first1=Rif|title=British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates|date=2008|publisher=Seaforth|location=Barnsley, UK|isbn=1-84415-700-8|format=epub}}
- {{winfield}}
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