HMS Arachne (1809)

Arachne
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Arachne
Builder	Thomas Hills, Sandwich
Laid down	September 1808
Launched	18 February 1809
Fate	Sold 1837
General characteristics
Class and type	Cruizer-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen	38241⁄94 (bm)
Length	100 ft (30 m) (overall); 77 ft 3+1⁄2 in (23.559 m) (keel)
Beam	30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
Sail plan	Brig
Complement	121
Armament	2 × 6-pounder bow guns 16 × 32-pounder carronades

HMS Arachne was an 18 gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop that served in the First Anglo-Burmese War and was sold into merchant service in 1837. She was wrecked in 1848 on the Australian coast.