Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Apollo | John Dudman, Deptford | 11.1798 | 16.8.1799 | 5.10.1799 | wrecked 2.4.1804 | ||
Blanche | John Dudman, Deptford | 2.1800 | 2.10.1800 | 17.1.1801 | captured by France 19.7.1805 | ||
Euryalus | Balthazar & Edward Adams, Bucklers Hard | 10.1801 | 6.6.1803 | 9.8.1803 | convict ship 11.1825 | ||
Dartmouth | Benjamin Tanner, Dartmouth | 7.1804 | --- | --- | firm failed 2.1807 | ||
Dartmouth | Mr. Cook, Dartmouth | 1810 | 28.8.1813 | 20.9.1813 | quarantine service 7.1831 | ||
Creole | Plymouth DYd | 9.1811 | 1.5.1813 | 20.8.1813 | harbour service 7.1833 | ||
Semiramis | Deptford DYd | 4.1807 | 25.7.1808 | 6.9.1808 | corvette 6.1828, depot ship 1832 | ||
Owen Glendower | Thomas Steemson, Hull | 1.1807 | 19.11.1808 | 22.3.1809 | convict ship 10.1842 | ||
Curacoa | Robert Guillaume, Northam | 1.1808 | 23.9.1809 | 23.1.1810 | corvette 6.1831, BU 3.1849 | ||
Saldanha | Simon Temple, South Shields | 3.1807 | 8.12.1809 | 1810 | wrecked 4.12.1811 | ||
Hotspur | George Parsons, Warsash | 8.1807 | 13.10.1810 | 9.2.1811 | BU 1.1821 | ||
Havannah | Wilson, Liverpool | 3.1808 | 26.3.1811 | 29.7.1811 | corvette 6.1845, harbour TS 3.1860 | ||
Malacca (ex-Penang) | 'Prince of Wales Island', Penang, Malaya | 2.1808 | 6.3.1809 | 28.10.1810 | BU 3.1816 | ||
Orpheus | Deptford DYd | 8.1808 | 12.8.1809 | 21.9.1809 | BU 8.1819 | ||
Leda | Woolwich DYd | 10.1808 | 9.11.1809 | 8.12.1809 | sold 4.1817 | ||
Theban | George Parsons, Warsash | 6.1808 | 22.12.1809 | 25.4.1810 | BU 5.1817 | ||
Manilla | Woolwich DYd | 10.1807 | 11.9.1809 | 18.10.1809 | wrecked 28.1.1812 | ||
Astraea | Robert Guillaume, Northam | 12.1808 | 5.1810 | 24.9.1810 | depot ship 8.1823 | ||
Belvidera | Deptford DYd | 12.1808 | 23.12.1809 | 16.2.1810 | store depot 10.1846 | ||
Galatea | Deptford DYd | 8.1809 | 31.8.1810 | 18.10.1810 | receiving ship 9.1836 | ||
Maidstone | Deptford DYd | 9.1810 | 18.10.1811 | 13.12.1811 | receiving ship 8.1832 | ||
Stag | Deptford DYd | 1.1811 | 26.9.1812 | 11.1812 | BU 9.1821 | ||
Magicienne | Daniel List, Binstead, Isle of Wight | 4.1811 | 8.8.1812 | 24.10.1812 | corvette 11.1831, BU 3.1845 | ||
Pallas | Robert Guillaume, Northam | 5.1811 | --- | --- | builder bankruptcy 1813 | ||
Pallas | Portsmouth DYd | 4.1814 | 13.4.1816 | 27.4.1816 | coal depot 11.1836 | ||
Barrosa | Deptford DYd | 10.1811 | 21.10.1812 | 10.12.1812 | slop ship 9.1823 | ||
Tartar | Deptford DYd | 10.1812 | 6.4.1814 | 6.5.1814 | receiving ship 3.1830 | ||
Brilliant | Deptford DYd | 11.1813 | 28.12.1814 | 5.3.1815 | corvette 4.1846, harbour TS 2.1860 |
Displacement normal, t |
944bm Malacca: 989bm |
Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
44.2 gundeck Malacca: 46.3 gundeck |
Breadth, m |
11.6 Malacca: 11.8 |
Draught, m |
4.04 hold depth Malacca: 4.01 hold depth |
No of shafts |
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Machinery |
sails |
Power, h. p. |
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Max speed, kts |
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Fuel, t |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
14 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr SBML carronades, 26 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr SBML, 4 x 1 - 107/14 9pdr SBML |
Complement |
264 |
Project history: 18pdr frigates, 36 guns (fifth rate), reclassed as 42/44-gun in 1817. Designed by Sir William Rule.
Modernizations: 1828, Semiramis: was cut down to 24-gun 6th rate corvette with armament consisted of 16 x 1 - 161/16 32pdr SBML, 6 x 1 - 139/18 18pdr SBML, 2 x 1 - 93/16 6pdr SBML
1829, Galatea: fitted with experimental man-powered propelling machinery
1831, Curacoa, Magicienne: were cut down to 26-gun 6th rate corvettes with armament consisted of 6 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 65cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 194/16 56pdr 85cwt SBML, 12 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr 50cwt SBML, 6 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML
1837, Curacoa: armament consisted of 24 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 40cwt SBML
1839, Magicienne: was armed with 2 x 1 - 204/12 8'' 52cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr 50cwt SBML, 20 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 40cwt SBML
1845, Havannah; 1846, Brilliant: were cut down to 22-gun 6th rate corvettes with 22 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 40cwt SBML
1848, Havannah: was armed with 6 x 1 - 204/12 8'' 52cwt shell SBML, 1 x 1 - 194/16 56pdr 87cwt SBML, 12 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr 50cwt SBML, complement 230
1848, Brilliant: was armed with 6 x 1 - 204/12 8'' 52cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 194/16 56pdr 87cwt SBML, 10 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr 50cwt SBML, 2 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML carronades
Naval service: Apollo wrecked near Cape Mondego (Portugal) 2.4.1804. Blanche was taken by French 40-gun frigate Le Topaze and others in the Atlantic off Porto 19.7.1805 and burnt. Saldanha wrecked 4.12.1811 off Lough Swilly. Manilla wrecked on the Haak Sand 28.1.1812.
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