Laurel-class post ship

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Class overview
Name	Laurel-class post ships
Operators	Royal Navy
Completed	6
General characteristics
Type	Sixth-rate post ship
Tons burthen	526 39⁄94 (bm; as designed)
Length	118 ft (36 m) (gundeck) 98 ft 7+1⁄4 in (30.055 m) (keel)
Beam	31 ft 6 in (9.60 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	155 (later raised to 175).
Armament	As ordered : UD: 22 × 9-pounder guns (later replaced by 22 × 32-pounder carronades QD: 6 × 24-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 24-pounder carronades

The Laurel-class sailing sixth rates were a series of six post ships built to an 1805 design by Sir John Henslow. The first three were launched in 1806, two more in 1807, and the last in 1812. The vessels of the class served in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic War.