Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The first HMS Valorous was a 22 carronade sixth rate Combatant-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was built in Hull as one of a class of three (the others being HMS Dauntless and HMS Combatant) and launched in 1804. Designed by John Stainforth MP, they were flush-decked, shallow draught and (for their dimensions) heavily armed. Rated as a sloop, she had a design based on the Danish Praam (English ''Pram''), allowing the combination of heavy armament with a draught of only 11 feet.