HMS Amethyst (1799)

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

Capture of the Thétis by HMS Amethyst on 10 November 1808, by Thomas Whitcombe
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Amethyst
BuilderDeptford Dockyard
Launched24 April 1799
CommissionedMay 1799
Honours and
awards
Fate
  • Wrecked on 16 February 1811
  • Wreck broken up in April 1811
General characteristics [3]
Class and typePenelope-class frigate
Tons burthen104548⁄94 (bm)
Length150 ft (45.7 m) (overall); 125 ft 5+3⁄8 in (38.2 m) (keel)
Beam39 ft 7 in (12.1 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 0 in (4.0 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement274
Armament
  • Upper Deck:26 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD:2 × 9-pounder guns + 10 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Fc:2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades

HMS Amethyst was a Royal Navy 36-gun Penelope-class fifth-rate frigate, launched in 1799 at Deptford. Amethyst served in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, capturing several prizes. She also participated in two boat actions and two ship actions that won her crew clasps to the Naval General Service Medal. She was broken up in 1811 after suffering severe damage in a storm.

  1. ^ a b "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 246.
  2. ^ a b "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 242.
  3. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 152.