HMS Satellite (1826)

HMS Satellite was an 18-gun sloop, the name ship of her class, built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s.

Description
Satellite had a length at the gundeck of 112 ft and 94 ft at the keel. She had a beam of 31 ft, a draught of 11 ft and a depth of hold of 13 ft. The ship's tonnage was 466 $41⁄94$ tons burthen. The Satellite class was armed with a pair of 9-pounder cannon in the bow and sixteen 32-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 125 officers and ratings.

Construction and career
Satellite, the third ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy, was ordered on 9 June 1825, laid down in June 1826 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 3 October 1826. She was completed on 14 February 1827 at Plymouth Dockyard and commissioned on 22 November 1826.