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Decoy Class

Nationality	Great Britain
Nominal Guns	10
Approved	1809
Designer	William RuleBritish Designer Ship Builder Dockyard Staff Service 1778-1813
Rate	Unrated
Type	Cutter
Designed Crew	60
Ships in Class	3

Design Armament	Broadside Weight = 90.00 Imperial Pound ( 40.82 kg)		BWAS-1793
Gun Deck	10 x British 18-Pound Carronade

Design Dimensions and Ship Information
	Ordered	Shipyard	Launched	Out of service	Fate	Gundeck Length	Length of Keel	Breadth	Depth in hold	Burthen
As Designed						74' 4"	55' 10 ⅝"	26' 0"	11' 0"	200 ⁸⁹⁄₉₄
Decoy (10) 1810-1814 British 10 Gun Unrated Cutter	2.10.1809	Fishbourne - Sussex	22.3.1810	22.3.1814	Captured	75' 0"	56' 6 ⅝"	26' 0"	11' 0"	203 ³²⁄₉₄
Racer (10) 1810-1810 British 10 Gun Unrated Cutter	2.10.1809	Sandgate - Kent	24.4.1810	28.10.1810	Captured	75' 0"	56' 1 ¾"	26' 1"	11' 4 ⅛"	203 ¹⁷⁄₉₄
Dwarf (10) 1810-1824 British 10 Gun Unrated Cutter	Unknown	Sandgate - Kent	24.4.1810	3.3.1824	Wrecked	74' 6 ¾"	56' 0 ⅛"	26' 1"	11' 0"	202 ⁶⁵⁄₉₄

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BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

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