Archer-class Cruisers
''Archer'' class may refer to: * , a class of patrol and training vessel of the Royal Navy * , a class of submarines of the Republic of Singapore Navy * , a 19th-century class of Royal Navy screw sloop * ''Archer''-class (1801 batch) gun brigs, 18th-century Royal Navy gun brigs * ''Archer''-class (1804 batch) gun brigs, 18th-century Royal Navy gun brigs * Archer (character class), a fantasy archetype See also * Archer (other) An archer is a person who practices archery, using a bow to shoot arrows. Archer or Archers may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Archer (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Archer (surname), incl ... * Archer (ship) {{disambiguation, ship ...
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List Of Gun-brigs Of The Royal Navy
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. For brig-rigged sloops, see List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy. For gunboats, see List of gunboat and gunvessel classes of the Royal Navy. Development The earliest gun-brigs were shallow-draught vessels. Initially they were not brigs at all, but were classed as 'gunvessels' and carried a schooner or brigantine rig. They were re-rigged as brigs about 1796 and re-classed under the new term 'gun-brig'. They were designed as much to row as to sail, and carried their primary armament firing forward - a pair of long 18-pounders or 24-pounders, weapons which .