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Frigate of the Royal Navy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Seahorse was a 44-gun Seringapatam-class fifth-rate frigate built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s, one of three ships of the Andromeda sub-class. After completion in 1830, she was ordered to be converted into a steam-powered ship in 1845, but this did not happen for another decade.
Seahorse | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Seahorse |
Namesake | Seahorse |
Ordered | 9 January 1823 |
Builder | Pembroke Dockyard |
Laid down | November 1826 |
Launched | 22 July 1830 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 1902 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Seringapatam-class frigate |
Tons burthen | 1218 40/94 bm |
Length | |
Beam | 42 ft (12.8 m) |
Draught | 14 ft 8 in (4.5 m) |
Depth | 13 ft 3 in (4.0 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
The Andromeda sub-class was a slightly enlarged and improved version of the Druid sub-class, with a more powerful armament.[1] Seahorse had a length at the gundeck of 159 feet 10 inches (48.7 m) and 133 feet 4 inches (40.6 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 41 feet 10 inches (12.8 m), a draught of 14 feet 10 inches (4.5 m) and a depth of hold of 13 feet 3 inches (4.0 m). The ship's tonnage was 1211 53⁄94 tons burthen.[2] The Andromeda sub-class was armed with twenty-six 18-pounder cannon on her gundeck, ten 32-pounder carronades and a pair of 68-pounder guns on her quarterdeck and four more 32-pounder carronades in the forecastle. The ships had a crew of 315 officers and ratings.[3]
Seahorse, the ninth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[4] was ordered on 9 January 1823, laid down in November 1826 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 22 July 1830.[3] She was completed for ordinary at Plymouth Dockyard in August 1830 and completely roofed over.[2]
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