Firm-class floating battery
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The ''Firm'' class was a Royal Navy class of two 16-gun Floating battery, floating batteries built to a design by John Henslow (Surveyor of the Navy), Sir John Henslow, who took as his model the flat-bottomed Thames sailing barge, Thames barge. Both were Ceremonial ship launching, launched in late 1794 and were sold in 1803.


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* was launched in May 1794 and commissioned in June. She was sold in May 1803. * was launched in May 1794 and commissioned in June. She then served in the Jersey flotilla under Commodore Philippe d'Auvergne, Prince de Bouillon. She was paid off in 1802 and sold in Jersey in 1803.


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