HMS Apollo (1805)

Apollo at Sheerness, December 1850, by Captain George Pechell Mends
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Apollo
Ordered	7 November 1803
Builder	George Parsons, Bursledon
Cost	£34,601
Laid down	April 1804
Launched	27 June 1805
Commissioned	July 1805
Fate	Broken up, 16 October 1856
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Lively-class fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	108577⁄94 (bm)
Length	Overall: 154 ft 3+1⁄2 in (47.0 m) Keel: 129 ft 9+3⁄8 in (39.6 m)
Beam	39 ft 8 in (12.1 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 6 in (4.1 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	As frigate: 284 officers and men (later 300) As troopship: 80 men
Armament	Frigate: Upper deck: 28 × 18-pounder guns QD: 2 × 9-pounder guns, 12 × 32-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns, 2 × 32-pounder carronades Troopship: 6 × 18-pounder carronades + 2 × 9-pounder guns

HMS Apollo, the fifth ship of the Royal Navy to be named for the Greek god Apollo, was a fifth-rate frigate of the Lively class, carrying 38 guns, launched in 1805 and broken up in 1856.