Firm-class floating battery

Class overview
Name:	Firm
Operators:	Royal Navy
Succeeded by:	Musquito class
Planned:	2
Completed:	2
Retired:	2
General characteristics
Type:	Barge
Tons burthen:	397  6⁄94 (bm)
Length:	96 ft 0 in (29.3 m) (gundeck) 87 ft 8 1⁄8 in (26.7 m) (keel)
Beam:	31 ft 0 in (9.4 m)
Depth of hold:	7 ft 4 in (2.2 m)
Complement:	100
Armament:	16 × 18-pounder carronades

The Firm class was a Royal Navy class of two 16-gun floating batteries built to a design by Sir John Henslow, who took as his model the flat-bottomed Thames barge. Both were launched in late 1794 and were sold in 1803.

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