HMS Arethusa (1817)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Arethusa.
History
United Kingdom
Name: Arethusa
Namesake: Arethusa
Ordered: 22 November 1812
Builder: Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down: February 1815
Launched: 27 July 1817
Completed: 29 September 1817
Commissioned: Never
Renamed: As Bacchus, 12 March 1844
Reclassified:
Fate: Sold for scrap, 14 August 1883
General characteristics
Class and type: Leda-class frigate
Tons burthen: 1084 60/94 bm
Length:
  • 150 ft 11 in (46.0 m) (gundeck)
  • 126 ft 11 in (38.7 m) (keel)
Beam: 40 ft 1 in (12.2 m)
Draught: 14 ft 7 in (4.4 m)
Depth: 12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Complement: 315
Armament:

HMS Arethusa was a 46-gun Leda-class fifth-rate frigate built for the Royal Navy during the 1810s. The ship was never commissioned and was converted into a lazarette (quarantine ship) in 1836. She was renamed HMS Bacchus in 1844 and was further converted into a coal hulk in 1851–52. The ship was sold for scrap in 1883.

Description

Arethusa had a length at the gundeck of 150 feet 11 inches (46.0 m) and 126 feet 11 inches (38.7 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 40 feet 1 inch (12.2 m), a draught of 14 feet 7 inches (4.4 m) and a depth of hold of 12 feet 9 inches (3.9 m). The ship's tonnage was 1084 6094 tons burthen.[1] The Leda-class frigates were armed with twenty-eight 18-pounder cannon on her gundeck, fourteen 32-pounder carronades on her quarterdeck and a pair of 9-pounder cannon and two more 32-pounder carronades in forecastle. The ship had a crew of 315 officers and ratings.[2]

Construction and career

Arethusa, the fourth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[3] was ordered on 22 November 1812, laid down in February 1815 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 29 July 1817.[2] She sailed for Plymouth Dockyard on 21 August 1817 and was completed for ordinary on 27 September at the cost of £25,923.[4] The ship was never on active duty and was converted for service as a lazarette for Liverpool in April–June 1836. Arethusa was renamed HMS Bacchus on 12 March 1844[1] to release her name for the large frigate being built[5] and converted into a coal hulk in 1851–52. The ship was sold to Castle & Sons for £1,450 on 14 August 1883 to be broken up.[4]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Winfield 2008, p. 687
  2. 1 2 Winfield & Lyon, p. 107
  3. Colledge, p. 19
  4. 1 2 Winfield 2014, p. 577
  5. Phillips, p. 57

References

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