Bonetta group sloop


The Bonetta group was a batch of eight 200-ton sloops of wooden construction built for the Royal Navy during 1732. They followed on two previous sloops - the Grampus and the larger Wolf - built a year earlier. Seven were ordered on 4 May 1732 to a common specification prepared by Jacob Acworth, 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. All the draughts were approved by the Navy Board on 28 June 1732.
Although fitted with snow rigs and initially armed with eight 3-pounder guns, this group was built with seven pairs of gunports on the upper deck.

Vessels

NameLaid downDockyardLaunchedCompletedFirst cost
Fate
Shark4 July 1732Portsmouth Dockyard7 September 173223 September 1732£2,887.6.10dSold 2 December 1755 at Deptford Dockyard.
Bonetta5 July 1732Woolwich Dockyard24 August 17321 September 1732£2,728.1.2dWrecked 20 October 1746 off Jamaica.
Fly7 July 1732Sheerness Dockyard15 September 173218 October 1732£2,600.17.6dTaken to pieces 11 February 1751 at Sheerness Dockyard
Spy10 July 1732Chatham Dockyard25 August 17329 September 1732£2,777.3.1dSold 25 April 1745 at Portsmouth Dockyard.
Saltash10 July 1732Plymouth Dockyard7 September 173231 October 1732£2,705.3.10dSold 22 October 1741 at Plymouth Dockyard
Cruizer11 July 1732Deptford Dockyard6 September 173223 September 1732£2,663.5.5dSold 22 January 1745 at Deptford Dockyard.
Hound11 July 1732Deptford Dockyard6 September 173218 September 1732£2,690.16.4dTaken to pieces June 1745 at Deptford Dockyard.
Trial11 July 1732Deptford Dockyard6 September 173229 September 1732£2,583.10.2dScuttled as unserviceable on 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