The gun-brigs generally carried 12 guns, comprising two long guns in the chase position and ten carronades on the broadsides. For brig-rigged sloops, see List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy. For gunboats, see List of gunboat and gunvessel classes of the Royal Navy.

HMS Beagle was built as a brig in 1820 for the Royal Navy. She was deployed as a survey vessel to survey the coasts of South America, Australia, and Africa.

The Cruizer class was an 18-gun class of brig-sloops of the Royal Navy. Brig-sloops were the same as ship-sloops except for their rigging. A ship-sloop was rigged with three masts whereas a brig-sloop was rigged as a brig with only a fore mast and a main mast.

A gun-brig was a small brig-rigged warship that enjoyed popularity in the (British) Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, during which large numbers were purchased or built. In general these were vessels of under 200 tons burthen, and thus smaller than the more common Cherokee -class brig-sloops or the even larger Cruizer -class brig-sloops .

The list Brigs of the Royal Navy includes HMS Swallow (1781), HMS Monkey (1801), HMS Keppel (1778), HMS Woodlark (1805) and French brig Milan (1807). The list consists of 213 members and 1 sublist. 1. Overview: HMS Bustler was launched at Topsham in 1805. The French captured her in 1808 when she stranded and attempts to set fire to her failed.

Brigs and Gun Brigs - in the Royal Navy - May 1805 Ship : Type of Vessel: Status : Station: Built : Previous Names: If Taken: Date: Country of Origin: Yard Building : Acron, 16: Brig: In Commission: Straits of Gibraltar: L'Acron: 1803: ... Gun Brig: In Commission: Downs Station: Purchased 1804-^ back to top ^

Mar 7, 2013 · Reindeer also engaged two French Navy brigs of 16 x 9 pounder guns, sailing together, in a running battle and chase of over four hours until they managed to escape after taking damage from Reindeer’s fire. They were captured two days later by HMS Pique and taken into Royal Navy service.

Jan 20, 2022 · The HMS Speedy was a 14-gun Speedy-class brig of the British Royal Navy, built near the end of the American War of Independence. She was a small vessel for her class, but served with distinction during the French Revolutionary Wars.

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A gun-brig was a small brig-rigged warship that enjoyed popularity in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, during which large numbers were purchased or built. In general these were vessels of under 200 tons burthen, and thus smaller than the more common Cherokee-class brig-sloops or the even larger Cruizer-class brig-sloops.