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Echo Class

NationalityGreat Britain
Nominal Guns16
Approved1781
Designer
Edward HuntBritish
Ship Builder
Administrator
Dockyard Staff
Service 1757-1809
RateUnrated
TypeSloop
Designed Crew125
Ships in Class6

Design ArmamentBroadside Weight = 84.00 Imperial Pound ( 38.09 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck16 x British 6-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 x British 12-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 x British 12-Pound Carronade

Design Dimensions and Ship Information
 OrderedShipyardLaunchedOut of serviceFateGundeck LengthLength of KeelBreadthDepth in holdBurthen
As Designed     101' 4"83' 4 ½"27' 7"12' 10"337 3794
Echo (16) 1782-1797
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
5.9.1781Liverpool - Lancashire 8.10.17821797Broken Up101' 6 ½"83' 7 ½"27' 9"12' 10"342 5094
Rattler (16) 1783-1792
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
28.12.1781Sandgate - Kent 22.3.17836.9.1792Sold101' 4"83' 4 ½"27' 9"12' 10"341 4894
Calypso (16) 1783-1803
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
28.12.1781Limehouse - London 27.9.17838.1803Sunk in Collision101' 6"83' 6"27' 9"12' 10 ½"342 294
Nautilus (16) 1784-1799
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
13.5.1782West Itchenor - Chichester 9.1.17843.2.1799Wrecked101' 2"83' 0"27' 9"12' 10"339 9294
Brisk (16) 1784-1805
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
23.2.1782Sandgate - Kent 6.5.17845.1805Sold101' 2"83' 0"27' 9"12' 10"339 9294
Scorpion (16) 1785-1802
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
23.8.1782Shoreham - Sussex 26.3.17851802Sold101' 6"83' 6"27' 8"12' 11"339 9194

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