Templeeti:HMS Comus (1828)
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HMS Comus was an 18-gun sloop, the name ship of her class, built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s.
Description
[dezie ebe o si]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
[dezie ebe o si]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 in 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]
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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
[dezie ebe o si]References
[dezie ebe o si]- Templeeti:Cite Colledge2006
- (2014) Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-5214-9.
- (2008) British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 1-84415-700-8.
- Templeeti:Winfield
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