HMS Amazon (1773)

HMS Amazon was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, built in the Rotherhithe shipyard in 1773. The French captured her in 1798 but the British recaptured her in 1803. She was broken up in 1810.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Amazon.

History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Amazon
Ordered: 25 December 1770
Builder: Rotherhithe
Laid down: 1771
Launched: 1773
Commissioned: 1777
Out of service: 1784
Fate: Broken up 1794
General characteristics as built
Class and type: 32-gun fifth-rate Amazon-class frigate (1773) frigate
Length:
  • 126 ft 3 in (38.48 m) (gundeck)
  • 104 ft 1 in (31.72 m) (keel)
Beam: 35 ft 1.75 in (10.7125 m)
Draught:
  • 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) (forwards)
  • 13 ft 0 in (3.96 m) (aft)
Depth of hold: 12 ft 2 in (3.71 m)
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Complement: 220
Armament:
  • Upper deck: 26 × 12-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 x 6-pounder guns + 4 x 18-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 x 6-pounder guns + 2 × 18-pounder carronades

From 1777 to 1780 she served with the North American squadron. In 1780, she was wrecked by a hurricane at St. Lucia. She was brought back to Plymouth in 1784 but repairs were never completed, and Amazon was broken up in 1810.[1]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

    Citations

    1. Michael Phillips' ships of the old Navy

    References

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