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Brisk

HMS Brisk

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeSloop
WarCrimean War
Main guns2 × 68-pounder (87 cwt) MLSB guns

Screw sloop. Bombarded the Solovetsky Monastery in the White Sea with Miranda in 1854.

Brisk 14. Capt A F R de Horsey drawn for Mrs Fullerton by A C Drew. 1860 Vignette. Photo: Drew, C A (artist), Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 2 × 68-pounder (87 cwt) MLSB guns
  • 8 × 32-pounder (42 cwt) MLSB guns (increased to 12)
  • final armament
  • 1 × 68-pounder (87 cwt) MLSB gun
  • 14 × 32-pounder (32 cwt) MLSB guns
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard
Laid downJanuary 1849
Launched2 June 1851
Commissioned24 May 1853
Displacement1,474 long tons (1,498 t)
Length193 ft 7+1⁄4 in (59.0 m) gundeck 169 ft 9+1⁄4 in (51.7 m) keel reported for tonnage
Speed7.35 kn (13.61 km/h) (From 1864: 9.989 kn (18.500 km/h))
Complement170 to 175

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

2 June 1851

Bombardment of the Solovetsky Monastery
Survived

18–19 July 1854

Fate

Survived

Sold on 31 January 1870