HMS Hotspur (1828)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Hotspur.

HMS Hotspur was a modified Seringapatam-class 46-gun fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built at Pembroke Dockyard and launched on 9 October 1828. She was laid up incomplete at Plymouth in April 1829. In 1859 she was recorded as being a chapel hulk based at HMNB Devonport – possibly moored at Hamoaze. She was recorded again in 1865, at the same location, as a Roman Catholic chapel hulk.^[1] She was renamed HMS Monmouth in 1868, and sold in 1902, after the Roman Catholic Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer was opened in Keyham.^[2]

Hotspur
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Hotspur
Ordered	15 May 1821
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down	July 1825
Launched	9 October 1828
Renamed	Monmouth in 1868
Fate	Sold in 1902
General characteristics
Class and type	Modified Seringapatam-class frigate
Tons burthen	1,162 38/94 bm
Length	159 ft (48 m) (gundeck) 133 ft 8 in (40.74 m) (keel)
Beam	40 ft 5 in (12.32 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	315
Armament	Upper deck: 28 × 18-pounder guns Quarterdeck: 14 × 32-pdr carronades Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs + 2 × 32-pdr carronades

Citations

1. Warlow, Ben, Shore Establishments of the Royal Navy, Maritime Books, Liskeard, ISBN 0-907771-73-4.
2. "NMM, vessel ID 368732" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol i. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2012.

References

• Winfield, Rif & Lyon, David (2004) The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889. Chatham Publishing, 2004. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.