HMS Nemesis (1826)

HMS Nemesis was a 46-gun Seringapatam-class fifth-rate frigate built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s, one of four ships of the Druid sub-class.

Midship section of the Nemesis
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Nemesis.

Body plan of HMS Nemesis
History
United Kingdom
Name: Nemesis
Namesake: Nemesis
Ordered: 23 July 1817
Builder: Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down: August 1823
Launched: 19 August 1826
Completed: September 1826
Commissioned: Never
Fate: Broken up by 4 July 1866
General characteristics
Class and type: Seringapatam-class frigate
Tons burthen: 1167 42/94 bm
Length:
  • 159 ft 1 in (48.5 m) (gundeck)
  • 133 ft 2 in (40.6 m) (keel)
Beam: 41 ft 1 in (12.5 m)
Draught: 15 ft 1 in (4.6 m)
Depth: 12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Complement: 315
Armament:

Description

The Druid sub-class was an enlarged and improved version of the Serinapatam design, modified with a circular stern.[1] Nemesis had a length at the gundeck of 159 feet 1 inch (48.5 m) and 133 feet 2 inches (40.6 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 41 feet 1 inch (12.5 m), a draught of 15 feet 1 inch (4.6 m) and a depth of hold of 12 feet 9 inches (3.9 m). The ship's tonnage was 1167 ​42⁄94 tons burthen.[2] The Druid sub-class was 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 the forecastle. The ships had a crew of 315 officers and ratings.[3]

Construction and career

Nemesis, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[4] was ordered on 23 July 1817, laid down in August 1823 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 19 August 1826.[3] She was completed for ordinary at Plymouth Dockyard in September 1826 and the ship was roofed over from the mainmast forward. The ship was never commissioned and was broken up by 4 July 1866.[2]

Notes
  1. Winfield, p. 712
  2. Winfield, p. 713
  3. Winfield & Lyon, p. 107
  4. Colledge, p. 240
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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 (2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1817-1863. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-47383-743-0.
  • 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.
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