The Banterer-class sailing sixth rates were a series of six 22-gun post ships built to an 1805 design by Sir William Rule, which served in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic War. The first four were launched in 1806 and the remaining two in 1807. One ship – the Banterer – was lost in 1808 and another – the Cyane – captured by the United States Navy in 1815; the remaining four were all deleted during 1816.
Ships in class
Builder: Simon Temple, South Shields Ordered: 30 January 1805 Laid down: June 1805 Launched: 19 April 1806 Completed: 10 August 1806 at Chatham Dockyard Fate: Broken up at Portsmouth in October 1816.
Builder: Robert Davy, Topsham, Exeter Ordered: 30 January 1805 Laid down: July 1805 Launched: 2 July 1806 Completed: 4 October 1806 at Plymouth Dockyard Fate: Sold to be broken up at Deptford in February 1816, but became mercantile Daphne; last listed in 1823
Builder: Simon Temple, South Shields Ordered: 30 January 1805 Laid down: July 1805 Launched: 24 December 1806 Completed: 2 July 1807 at Chatham Dockyard Fate: Broken up at Portsmouth in June 1816.
Builder: John Bass, Topsham, Exeter Ordered: 30 January 1805 Laid down: August 1805 Launched: 14 October 1806 Completed: 13 July 1807 at Plymouth Dockyard Fate: Captured by USS Constitution off Madeira on 20 February 1815.
Builder: Simon Temple, South Shields Ordered: 30 January 1805 Laid down: August 1805 Launched: 24 February 1807 Completed: 12 July 1807 at Chatham Dockyard Fate: Wrecked in the Saint Lawrence River in October 1808.
Builder: Thomas Owen, Topsham, Exeter Ordered: 30 January 1805 Laid down: September 1805 Launched: 26 January 1807 Completed: 22 June 1807 at Plymouth Dockyard Fate: Sold to be broken up at Portsmouth in April 1816.
References
Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817, Chatham Publishing, London 2005.