| 释义 |
- Description
- Construction and career
- Notes
- References
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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United Kingdom | UK|naval}} | Ship name= Pigeon | Ship namesake= | Ship ordered=25 March 1823 | Ship builder= Pembroke Dockyard | Ship laid down=May 1825 | Ship launched=6 October 1827 | Ship completed=23 February 1829 | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship fate=Sold, 27 July 1847
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Cherokee|brig-sloop}} | Ship tons burthen=230 64/94 bm | 90|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} (gundeck)- {{convert|72|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on|1}} (keel)
| 24|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on|1}} | 9|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} | 11|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} | Ship sail plan=Brig | Ship endurance= | Ship complement=52 | Ship armament=*2 × 6-pdr cannon; 8 × 18-pdr carronades | Ship notes=
}} | HMS Pigeon was a 10-gun {{Sclass-|Cherokee|brig-sloop}} built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s. She was sold in 1847. DescriptionPigeon had a length at the gundeck of {{convert|90|ft|m|1}} and {{convert|72|ft|3|in|m|1}} at the keel. She had a beam of {{convert|24|ft|8|in|m|1}}, a draught of about {{convert|9|ft|m|1}} and a depth of hold of {{convert|11|ft|m|1}}. The ship's tonnage was 230 64/94 tons burthen.[1] The Cherokee class was armed with two 6-pounder cannon and eight 18-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 52 officers and ratings.[2]Construction and careerPigeon, the fourth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[3] was ordered under the name of Variable on 25 March 1823, laid down in May 1825 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 6 October 1827. She was renamed Pigeon on 2 February 1829 and completed on 23 February 1829 at Plymouth Dockyard.[4]Notes1. ^Winfield, p. 1079
2. ^Winfield & Lyon, p. 121
3. ^Colledge, p. 268
4. ^Winfield & Lyon, p. 124
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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