Bonetta group sloop


The Bonetta group was a batch of eight sloops of wooden construction built for the Royal Navy during 1732. Seven were ordered on 4 May 1732 to a common specification prepared by Jacob Allin, the Surveyor of the Navy. An additional vessel – Trial – was re-ordered on 6 July to be built to the same specification. The actual individual design was left up to the Master Shipwright in each Royal Dockyard at which they were built.
Although fitted with snow rigs and initially armed with eight 3-pounder guns, except Shark which was rigged as a ketch and fitted with 4-pounders, this group was built with seven pairs of gunports on the upper deck.

Vessels

NameLaid downDockyardLaunchedNotes
Shark4 July 1732Portsmouth7 September 1732Sold 2 December 1755
Bonetta5 July 1732Woolwich24 August 1732Wrecked 20 October 1746 off Jamaica.
Fly7 July 1732Sheerness15 September 1732Taken to pieces
11 February 1751
Spy10 July 1732Chatham25 August 1732Sold 25 April 1745
Saltash10 July 1732Plymouth7 September 1732Sold 22 October 1741
Cruizer11 July 1732Deptford6 September 1732Sold 22 January 1745.
Hound11 July 1732Deptford6 September 1732Taken to pieces
June 1745
Trial11 July 1732Deptford6 September 1732Scuttled 4 October 1741
off Valparaiso

The following is a list of the dimensions and tonnages of the individual vessels:
NameDesignerLength
Length
BeamDepth
in hold		Burthen
tonnage
SharkJoseph Allin201 bm
BonettaJohn Hayward200 bm
FlyJohn Ward200 bm
SpyBenjamin Rosewell200 bm
SaltashPeirson Lock200 bm
CruizerRichard Stacey200 bm
HoundJacob Acworth200 bm
TrialJacob Acworth200 bm