HMS Tees (1817) facts for kids

Tees
Quick facts for kids History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Tees
Builder	William Taylor, Bideford
Laid down	October 1813
Launched	17 May 1817
Commissioned	September 1818
Decommissioned	1827
Fate	Sank in 1872
General characteristics
Class and type	28-gun sixth-rate Conway-class post ship
Tons burthen	450.7 long tons (458 t)
Length	108 ft 6 in (33.1 m) (gundeck) 90 ft 1.25 in (27.5 m) (keel)
Beam	30 ft 8 in (9.3 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft (2.74 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	155
Armament	28 guns: UD: 18 × 32 pdrs carronades QD: 6 x 12-pounder carronades Fc: 2 x 12-pounder carronades and 2 × 6 pdr chase guns

HMS Tees was a Conway-class 28-gun sixth rate post ship, launched in Bideford in 1817. She was used as the "Mariners' Church" permanently moored in St Georges Dock, Liverpool, from 1827 until she sank on 6 June 1872.