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HMS Orpheus (1809)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Orpheus.
HMS Orpheus was a 36-gun Apollo-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy launched in 1809 from Deptford Dockyard. She was broken up in 1819.
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Name | HMS Orpheus |
Ordered | 27 February 1808 |
Builder | Deptford Dockyard |
Laid down | August 1808 |
Launched | 12 August 1809 |
Completed | By 21 September 1809 |
Fate | Broken up in August 1819 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Apollo-class frigate |
Tons burthen | 94728⁄94 (bm) |
Length | 145 ft (44.2 m) (gundeck); 121 ft 8+3⁄4 in (37.1 m) (keel) |
Beam | 38 ft 3 in (11.7 m) |
Depth of hold | 13 ft 4 in (4.1 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 264 |
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