HMS Calliope (1837)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Calliope.
HMS Calliope was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in October 1837 and broken up in November 1883.
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Calliope at Garden Reach, Calcutta in 1841, by Lieutenant Francis Meynell R.N. | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Calliope |
Ordered | 29 October 1830[1] |
Builder | Sheerness Dockyard[1] |
Cost | £17,882 including fitting |
Laid down | January 1831[1] |
Launched | 5 October 1837[1] |
Commissioned | 10 October 1837[1] |
Fate | Broken up at Plymouth in November 1883[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Andromache-class sixth-rate frigate (later "corvette") |
Tons burthen | 720 34/94 bm[1] |
Length |
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Beam | 35 ft 5.5 in (10.8 m)[1] |
Depth of hold | 10 ft 7 in (3.2 m)[1] |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 175[1] |
Armament |
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