| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Venus | Deptford DYd | 3.1817 | 10.8.1820 | 27.4.1821 | TS 7.1848 | ||
| Melampus | Pembroke DYd | 8.1817 | 10.8.1820 | 23.9.1820 | store and receiving ship 2.1855 | ||
| Minerva | Portsmouth DYd | 10.1817 | 13.6.1820 | 26.6.1820 | floating workshop 1.1859 | ||
| Latona | Chatham DYd | 10.1818 | 16.6.1821 | 9.1821 | mooring vessel 1868 | ||
| Diana | Chatham DYd | 2.1819 | 8.1.1822 | 22.2.1822 | receiving ship 10.1868 | ||
| Hebe | Woolwich DYd | 5.1820 | 14.12.1826 | 5.1827 | convict receiving ship 2.1839 | ||
| Nereus | Pembroke DYd | 1.1819 | 30.7.1821 | 12.9.1821 | store ship 11.1843 | ||
| Hamadryad | Pembroke DYd | 9.1819 | 25.7.1823 | 23.8.1823 | hospital ship 4.1866 | ||
| Amazon | Deptford DYd | 10.1817 | 15.8.1821 | 8.10.1821 | corvette 1.1845, sold 9.1863 | ||
| Aeolus | Deptford DYd | 10.1818 | 17.6.1825 | 5.8.1825 | store ship 11.1846 | ||
| Thisbe | Pembroke DYd | 8.1820 | 9.9.1824 | 5.10.1824 | depot ship 1850 | ||
| Cerberus | Plymouth DYd | 11.1820 | 30.3.1827 | 11.4.1827 | BU 1.1866 | ||
| Circe | Plymouth DYd | 11.1820 | 22.9.1827 | 23.10.1827 | accommodation hulk 4.1866 | ||
| Clyde | Woolwich DYd | 1.1821 | 9.10.1828 | 2.1829 | RNR drill ship 7.1869 | ||
| Thames | Chatham DYd | 6.1821 | 21.8.1823 | 3.10.1823 | convict ship 1.1841 | ||
| Fox | Portsmouth DYd | 6.1821 | 17.8.1829 | 1829 | screw frigate 3.1856, store ship 3.1862 | ||
| Unicorn | Chatham DYd | 2.1822 | 30.3.1824 | 14.5.1824 | powder hulk 1857 | ||
| Daedalus | Sheerness DYd | 10.1822 | 22.5.1826 | 1826 | corvette 11.1844, TS 6.1861 | ||
| Proserpine | Plymouth DYd | 11.1822 | 1.12.1830 | 1830 | sold 1.1864 | ||
| Mermaid | Chatham DYd | 9.1823 | 30.7.1825 | 30.8.1825 | powder ship 1858 | ||
| Mercury | Chatham DYd | 4.1824 | 16.11.1826 | 15.12.1826 | coal depot 8.1862 | ||
| Penelope | Pembroke DYd | 11.1827 | 13.8.1829 | 1.1830 | paddle frigate 7.1843, sold 7.1864 | ||
| Thalia | Chatham DYd | 2.1828 | 12.1.1830 | 10.2.1830 | chapel ship 12.1855 | ||
| Pegasus | Deptford DYd // Pembroke DYd | 3.1828 | --- | --- | cancelled 1.1831 |
| Data variant | sailing |
|
Displacement normal, t |
1077bm |
|
Displacement full, t |
|
|
Length, m |
46.3 gundeck |
|
Breadth, m |
12.4 |
|
Draught, m |
3.89 hold depth |
|
No of shafts |
|
|
Machinery |
sails |
|
Power, h. p. |
|
|
Max speed, kts |
|
|
Fuel, t |
|
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
|
Armament |
16 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr 17cwt SBML carronades, 28 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr 38cwt SBML, 2 x 1 - 81/20 9pdr 26cwt SBML |
|
Complement |
300 |
Project history: 46-gun 5th rate 18pdr frigates. John Henslow design, modified to incorporate Seppings' circular stern and 'small-timber' system of construction. All rerated as 42-gun in 1839. Nemesis, Statira, Jason, Druid and Medusa were ordered but never started.
Modernizations: 1843, Penelope: was converted to paddle frigate with data as given in the table
| Data variant | paddle |
|
Displacement normal, t |
2766 |
|
Displacement full, t |
|
|
Length, m |
65.6 gundeck |
|
Breadth, m |
12.4 |
|
Draught, m |
8.13 hold depth |
|
No of shafts |
side paddle wheels |
|
Machinery |
sails + 1 2-cyl VSE direct action, 4 tubular boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
650nhp |
|
Max speed, kts |
11 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 500 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
|
Armament |
8 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 65cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 203/8 68pdr 36cwt SBML carronades, 2 x 1 - 177/17 42pdr 84cwt SBML, 10 x 1 - 175/8 42pdr 23cwt SBML carronades |
|
Complement |
200 |
1844, Daedalus: was cut down to 20-gun corvette: 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.
1845, Amazon: was cut down to 26-gun corvette: 26 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr 50cwt SBML, complement 240.
1856, Fox: was converted to screw frigate with data as given in the table
| Data variant | screw |
|
Displacement normal, t |
1780 |
|
Displacement full, t |
|
|
Length, m |
48.6 gundeck |
|
Breadth, m |
12.3 |
|
Draught, m |
3.89 hold depth |
|
No of shafts |
1 |
|
Machinery |
sails + 1 2-cyl HSE |
|
Power, h. p. |
741ihp |
|
Max speed, kts |
9.3 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
|
Armament |
never commissioned as screw frigate |
|
Complement |
1856, Penelope: reduced to 16 guns
1862, Penelope: reduced to 14 guns
Naval service: No significant events.
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