HMS Alligator (1821)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Alligator.

History


Name:	HMS Alligator
Ordered:	5 June 1819
Builder:	Cochin
Laid down:	November 1819
Launched:	29 March 1821
Completed:	By 3 September 1822
Reclassified:	Depot ship in June 1841 Troopship in July 1842 Seamen’s hospital in December 1846
Fate:	Sold on 30 October 1865
General characteristics
Class & type:	28-gun Atholl-class sixth rate
Tons burthen:	499 91/94 bm (as designed)
Length:	113 ft 8 in (34.65 m) (gundeck) 94 ft 8.75 in (28.8735 m) (keel)
Beam:	31 ft 6 in (9.60 m)
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Complement:	175
Armament:	28 guns: Upper Deck: 20 × 32-pounder carronades Quarterdeck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades Forecastle: 2 × 9-pounder guns

HMS Alligator was a 28-gun Atholl-class sixth rate of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Cochin, British India on 29 March 1821.

She eventually became a depot ship at Trincomalee in June 1841, and was then converted to a troopship in July 1842. Alligator was finally hulked as seamen’s hospital at Hong Kong in December 1846.

In March 1834, the Alligator was on hand (and fired the 21-gun salute) at the first hoisting of the first national flag of New Zealand, at Waitangi.

Fate

She was sold at Hong Kong on 30 October 1865.

References

Winfield, Rif & Lyon, David (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.
http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/A/00204.html

Atholl-class corvettes

Completed ships	Atholl Niemen Ranger Rattlesnake North Star Tweed Talbot Rainbow Alligator Termagant Samarang Success Crocodile Nimrod

Cancelled ships	Andromeda Alarm Daphne Porcupine

Preceded by: Conway-class post ship Followed by: HMS Volage List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy

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