&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:His_Majesty%27s_frigate_%27Amazon%27,_38_guns,_arriving_off_Dover.jpg) His Majesty's frigate Amazon, arriving off Dover, by Thomas Luny
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| History | |
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 Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Amazon |
| Ordered | 27 April 1796 |
| Builder | Woolwich Dockyard |
| Cost | £33,972 |
| Laid down | April 1796 |
| Launched | 18 May 1799 |
| Completed | 5 July 1799 |
| Commissioned | May 1799 |
| Fate | Broken up May 1817 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Fifth-rate Amazon-class frigate |
| Tons burthen | 1,038 6⁄94 (bm) |
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| Beam | 39 ft 5 in (12.0 m) |
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| Depth of hold | 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 284 (later 300) |
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HMS Amazon was a 38-gun fifth-rate Amazon-class frigate of the Royal Navy. She served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars under several notable naval commanders and played a key role in the Battle of Copenhagen under Edward Riou, who commanded the frigate squadron during the attack. After Riou was killed during the battle, command briefly devolved to John Quilliam. Quilliam made a significant impression on Horatio Nelson, who appointed Quilliam to serve on the flagship HMS Victory. Amazon passed to William Parker, who continued the association with Nelson with service in the Mediterranean and participation in the chase to the West Indies during the Trafalgar Campaign. Amazon went on to join Sir John Borlase Warren's squadron in the Atlantic and took part in the defeat of Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois's forces at the action of 13 March 1806. During the battle, she hunted down and captured the 40-gun frigate Belle Poule.
Amazon continued in service for several more years, being active in combating raiders and privateers, before being withdrawn from active service in late 1811. She was retained in ordinary for several years after the end of the Napoleonic Wars, before being broken up in 1817.