HMS Sinbad

HMS Sinbad was a lighter built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s. She was converted into a bomb vessel during the Crimean War of 1854–55 and converted back into a lighter after the war. The ship was broken up in 1866.

Description

Sinbad had a length at the upper deck of and at the keel. She had a beam of, a draught of about and a depth of hold of. The ship's tonnage was 105 tons burthen.
When converted into bomb vessels, the 60-foot lighters were armed with a single mortar and had a complement of 17–18 crewmen.

Construction and career

Sinbad, the only ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy, was laid down in November 1832 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 27 February 1823. She was completed on 30 June 1834 at Plymouth Dockyard. Her conversion into a bomb vessel began in October 1854 at Woolwich Dockyard and lasted until June 1855. The ship was renamed MV.2 in recognition of her new role on 19 October 1855.