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Name: ACUTE
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 21/07/1804
Completed: 1804
Builder: William Rowe
Yard: St Peter's
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 177bm, 80.0 x 22.5 x 9.4ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Brig
Construction: Wood
Armament: 2 x 12pdr guns, 10 x 18pdr carronades
History:
1804 British Royal Navy
1864 Broken up
Comments: Member of the Archer Class of Gunboats
1813: Converted for harbour service
1831: Converted for coastguard service