HMS Comus (1828)
HMS Comus was an 18-gun sloop, the name ship of her class, built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s.
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
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 |
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]
On 17 November 1833, Comus ran aground on the North Bank in Liverpool Bay during a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, England, to Dublin, Ireland.[4]
On 25 September 1847, Comus was driven ashore and sank near Montevideo, Uruguay.[5] Subsequently refloated, she was repaired and returned to service.[6]
Comus was broken up on 10 May 1862.
Notes
- Winfield, p. 903
- Winfield & Lyon, p. 117
- Colledge, p. 311
- "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (17531). 23 November 1833.
- "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (24388). London. 22 December 1847.
- "Comus". P Benyon. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
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.
- 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. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 1-84415-700-8.
- Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (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.