HMS Amaranthe (1804)

History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Amaranthe
Ordered15 October 1803
BuilderJohn Dudman, Deptford, London
Launched20 November 1804
In serviceJanuary 1805
Honours and
awards
FateSold in 1815
General characteristics [3]
Class and typeCruizer-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen3862194 (bm)
Length
  • 100 ft (30.5 m) (gundeck)
  • 77 ft 2+12 in (23.5 m) (keel)
Beam30 ft 8 in (9.3 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
Sail planBrig-sloop
Complement121
Armament

HMS Amaranthe was an 18-gun Royal Navy Cruizer-class brig-sloop built by John Dudman at Deptford Wharf and launched in 1804.[3] She served in the Caribbean, taking part in an action and two campaigns that gained those members of her crew that survived until 1847 the NGSM. She was sold in 1815.

  1. ^ a b "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 242.
  2. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 243.
  3. ^ a b Winfield (2008), p.292.