List of gun-brigs of the Royal Navy
Name Ordered Builder Launched Fate
Steady ( ex GB No . 19 ) 7 February 1797 Hill & Mellish , Limehouse 24 April 1797 Renamed Oroonoko in 1805 ; sold 1806
Courser ( ex GB No . 20 ) 7 February 1797 Hill & Mellish , Limehouse 25 April 1797 Sold ( probably to HM Customs ) August 1803
Defender ( ex GB No . 21 ) 7 February 1797 Hill & Mellish , Limehouse 21 May 1797 Sold September 1802
Eclipse ( ex GB No . 22 ) 7 February 1797 Perry & Co , Blackwall 29 March 1797 Sold September 1802
Furious ( ex GB No . 23 ) 7 February 1797 Perry & Co , Blackwall 31 March 1797 Sold October 1802
Flamer ( ex GB No . 24 ) 7 February 1797 Perry & Co , Blackwall 30 March 1797 Sold April 1802
Furnace ( ex GB No . 25 ) 7 February 1797 Perry & Co , Blackwall 10 April 1797 Sold October 1802
Growler ( ex GB No . 26 ) 7 February 1797 Thomas Pitcher , Northfleet 10 April 1797 Captured by French privateers 21 December 1797
Griper ( ex GB No . 27 ) 7 February 1797 Thomas Pitcher , Northfleet 10 April 1797 Sold October 1802
Grappler ( ex GB No . 28 ) 7 February 1797 Thomas Pitcher , Northfleet April 1797 Wrecked on Chausey Islands 30 December 1803
Gallant ( ex GB No . 29 ) 7 February 1797 Thomas Pitcher , Northfleet April 1797 Sold October 1802
Hardy ( ex GB No . 30 ) 7 February 1797 William Cleverley , Gravesend 10 April 1797 Sold May 1802
Haughty ( ex GB No . 31 ) 7 February 1797 William Cleverley , Gravesend April 1797 Sold May 1802
Hecate ( ex GB No . 32 ) 7 February 1797 John Wilson & Co , Frindsbury 2 May 1797 Sunk as breakwater 1809
Hasty ( ex GB No . 33 ) 7 February 1797 John Wilson & Co , Frindsbury June 1797 Sold December 1802
Tigress ( ex GB No . 45 ) March 1797 Josiah & Thomas Brindley , King 's Lynn 11 September 1797 Sold January 1802
List of gun-brig classes and their evolution -- Courser class
Class overviewName : Courser-class gun-brigOperators : Royal NavyIn service : 1797 - 1803Completed : 15 General characteristics Type : Gun-brigTons burthen : 167​50⁄94 bm [ 4 ] Length : 76 ft ( 23 m ) ( gundeck ) 62 ft 2 5⁄8 in ( 18.964 m ) ( keel ) Beam : 22 ft 6 in ( 6.86 m ) Depth of hold : 8 ft 3 in ( 2.51 m ) Sail plan : BrigComplement : 50Armament : 2 × 24-pounder bow guns 10 × 18-pounder carronades At the same time as John Henslow was designing the Acute class , his colleague , fellow-Surveyor Sir William Rule , was ordered to produce an alternative design . Rule 's design too incorporated a Schank drop or sliding keel . [ 4 ]
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 s or the even larger s. The gun-brigs generally carried 12 guns, comprising two long guns in the chase position and ten carronades on the broadsides.