HMS Comus (1828)
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom
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| Name: | Comus |
| Ordered: | 15 May 1821 |
| Builder: | Pembroke Dockyard |
| Laid down: | October 1826 |
| Launched: | 14 August 1828 |
| Completed: | 28 February 1829 |
| Commissioned: | November 1828 |
| Fate: | Broken up, 10 May 1862 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Comet-class sloop |
| Tons burthen: | 462 16/94 bm |
| Length: | |
| Beam: | 31 ft 11 in (9.7 m) |
| Depth: | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Complement: | 125 |
| Armament: | 2 × 6-pdr cannon; 16 × 32-pdr carronades |
HMS Comus was a 18-gun sloop, the name ship of her class, built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s.
Description
Comus had a length at the gundeck of 113 feet 3 inches (34.5 m) and 92 feet 11 inches (28.3 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 30 feet 11 inches (9.4 m), and a depth of hold of 8 feet (2.4 m). The ship's tonnage was 462 16⁄94 tons burthen.[1] The Comet class was armed with a pair of 9-pounder cannon in the bow and sixteen 32-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 125 officers and ratings.[2]
Construction and career
Comus, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[3] was ordered with the name of Comet on 15 May 1821, laid down in October 1826 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 14 August 1828.[2] She was completed on 28 February 1829 at Plymouth Dockyard and commissioned on November 1828. The ship was renamed Comus on 31 October 1832.[1]
Notes
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Phillips, Lawrie; Lieutenant Commander (2014). Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-5214-9.
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (epub). Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 1-84415-700-8.
- 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.